Gov 13.4 Quiz MMHS

What measure could be taken to ensure a defendant has a fair criminal trial?

All answers are correct

What term describes when a judge bars the press from publishing certain types of information about a pending court case?

Gag order

What kind of law protects members of the press from disclosing confidential information or revealing tier sources?

Shield laws

What term describes censorship of information before it is published?

Prior restraint

The Supreme Court case of New York v. United States was also known as what?

Pentagon papers

What term describes speech that has a profit motive and is given less protection under the 1st Amendment?

Commercial speech

What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in Near v. Minnesota?

Prior restraint was unconstitutional

What agency grants a license to a broadcast media company?

Federal Communications Commission

What sets the standard for obscenity?

Local communities set their own standards for obscenity

How has the Supreme Court ruled about the internet and freedom of speech?

Speech on the Internet falls under the same guidelines of as any other freedom of speech