Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that the Phelps family (aka the Westboro Baptist Church) had the right to picket funerals as long as they followed local regulations.
12. Journalists have an unconditional right to bring still and video cameras into all trials in the United States.
3. The case of Near v. Minnesota established that the government could ban the publication of material that was “annoying and offensive to the public at large.”
4. Shield laws are designed to keep journalists from having to testify about their work in court under certain circumstances.
5. According to the Roth and Miller cases, the decision about whether a particular book or movie is obscene should be made using national standards that are consistent across the entire country.
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a. obscenity b. incitements of violence c. interference with ongoing military operations in times of war d. incitements to overthrow the government e. all of these
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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