A court ruling in which of the following cases established that use of fighting words is punishable as a criminal act?
A) Cantwell v. Connecticut
B) Lovell v. Griffin
C) Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
D) Bousquet v. Arkansas
C
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
Cooperation between police and the media is now a norm worldwide.
The most common form of attacks on cyber infrastructure and systems is malicious code
a. True b. False
Dred Scott sued for his freedom in 1846 based on the fact that his master had taken him to free territories where slavery was not allowed. In the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) decision, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Scott’s claim by arguing that the words in the Constitution could not be interpreted in a “more liberal construction” than what was meant when the document was originally adopted, when slavery was legal in all states. This decision would be an example of ______.
A. a centrist reading of the Constitution B. judicial activism C. the separate-but-equal doctrine D. a strict interpretation of the Constitution
All persons are presumed innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved...
a. With probable cause b. With reasonable suspicion c. Beyond a reasonable doubt d. With substantial evidence