Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. When a law is challenged as applied, courts judge the law’s constitutionality based entirely on the language of the law.
2. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the anti-hate ordinance at issue in R.A.V. v. St. Paul in part because the law was underinclusive.
3. Students in all public educational institutions, whether primary schools or universities, enjoy the same protection from regulation of their speech.
4. When the court weighs different categories of speech against competing interests, it is using ad hoc balancing to determine First Amendment protections.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False

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