1. Why the Constitution prohibits a politic official from
receiving damages for defamatory falsehood relating to
his official conduct unless he proves that the media
has actual malice?
2. Why the compensating reputation injuries to private
individual should be stronger than in the case of public
figure?
3. Why "fighting words" are not within the protecion of the
first Amendment? Why the law prohibiting the fighting
words merely on the basis of race, color, creed, religion
or gender commits should be unconstitutional?
4. The Virginia cross-buring statute provides: "Any such
burning of a cross shall be prima facie evidence of an
intent to intimidate a person or group of persons."
Why the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the said statute is
unconstitutional on its face?
5. Why obscene materials are unprotected by the First Amendment?
What are the basic guidelines for the U.S. Supreme Court to
judge the "obscenity"?
6. In older to protect minors from indecent communications on
the Internet, the "Communications Decency Act" (CDA) prohibits
the knowing transmission of obscene or indecent messages to
any recipient under 18 years of age. Why the said statute is
unconstitutional?
7. Why U.S. Supreme Court ruled O'Brien could not burn his
registration certificate, but Johnson was allowed to burn a
national flag?
8. Explain the reason why the Indiana public indecency statute
requirement that the "go-go" dancers must wear G-strings does
not violate the First Amendment?
9. Can a public library install filtering software blacking
Internet access to child pornography or indecent material
harmful to minors?
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