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The Supreme Court, in its decision in _____________, stated that the First Amendment was "among the fundamental personal rights and 'liberties' protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states." Given that, "Congress shall make no law" is now interpreted as "government agencies shall make no law."

Gitlow v. New York

The guarantee to a fair trial is secured in the _____________ Amendment to the Constitution.

Sixth

Advertising, or commercial speech, enjoys First Amendment protection, as established by the Supreme Court in its 1942 _____________ decision.

Valentine v. Chrestensen

When discussing the First Amendment, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black said, "No law means no law." He was expressing the _____________ position on the freedom of press and speech

absolutist

The philosophy of _____________ states that, in individual First Amendment cases, several factors should be weighed in determining how much freedom the press is granted.

balancing of interests

Because freedom of the press can be limited if the likely result is damaging, there is no absolute freedom of expression in the case of:

clear and present danger

The idea that media should be free of government control, but in exchange, media must serve the public is known as

ethical decision making

How is pornography treated in terms of First Amendment protection?

it has First Amendment protection

False published information about a person that damages his or her reputation is

libel

The First Amendment is based on the _____________ philosophy that people cannot govern themselves in a democracy unless they have access to the information they need for that governance.

libertarian

A culture's fundamental values are its:

metaethics

The _____________ principle is represented by the paired ideas that the free flow or trade of ideas ensures that public discourse will allow the truth to emerge and that truth will emerge from this public discourse because people are inherently rational and good.

self-righting


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