Which of the following statements is factually accurate about the decision in Texas v. Johnson (1989)?
a. The court established a three-pronged test for determining obscenity.
b. The justices found that the restriction on free speech cannot be abridged even for offensive expression like flag burning.
c. The decision upheld the conviction of a man imprisoned for burning a flag at the 1984 Democratic National Convention.
d. It held that schools and other public entities were legally allowable to restrict speech if said speech interfered with its mission.
b. The justices found that the restriction on free speech cannot be abridged even for offensive expression like flag burning.
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A. redistributive policy. B. promotional policy. C. judicial policy. D. supreme policy. E. regulatory policy.
Vulnerability in the international system is measured by
a. how quickly changes in one actor bring about changes in another actor. b. the effects of national change on the global system. c. the costs imposed on a state by external events. d. the effects of technological growth.
A state passes a law that requires men to promise to abstain from sexual harassment as part of their employment contracts. The law is not applicable to women. For determining whether the equal protection clause has been violated, which of the following tests is most likely to be used in this case?
A) The strict scrutiny standard B) The intermediate scrutiny standard C) The Lemon test D) The ordinary scrutiny standard E) The rational basis test
The UN set up a special tribunal to investigate and punish the crimes committed against the ______ people by the Khmer Rouge government of the late 1970s.
a. Sudanese b. Afghan c. Vietnamese d. Cambodian