Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Several states, including Kansas, have passed laws restoring the rights of student journalists that were taken away by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier decision.
2. Apple CEO Tim Cook argues that the company did the right thing to protect privacy on their smartphones when they made the encryption on them strong enough that neither the company nor the police could break into it without the owner’s permission.
3. The First Amendment to the Constitution states that Congress or the president may limit free speech when it is in “the best national interest” to do so.
4. Under the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798, writers could be sent to jail or deported for criticizing the government.
5. The USA PATRIOT Act allows the FBI to examine individual’s health-care records, Internet use, and library records.


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

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