Freedom Of Speech:
1. A barista at Starbucks using racist language is unconstitutional because negative words aimed specifically at one group of people is not protected by the constitution.
Beauharnais v. Illinois
2. A student inciting other students to riot against the police is constitutional because it is exercising the first and fourteenth amendment.
Feiner v. New York
3. False advertisement by a shoe manufacturer is constitutional because of the first amendment in the constitution, the court regarded the distinction between commercial and noncommercial speech to be dispositive.
Kasky v. Nike
4.Protesting a marine's funeral by yelling "God Hates Fags" at the funeral is constitutional as long as the people stay 1000 ft. away from the funeral.
Snyder v. Phelps
5. A clerk at Bojangle’s using fighting words with a customer is unconstitutional because the constitution does not protect fighting words.
Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire
6. Hate Speech is sometimes both, it depends because for example it declared Westboro Baptist Church Constitutional but a Jehovah's witness went to prison for offending a police officer.
R.A.V v. City of St. Paul
7. Burning a flag is constitutional because it is protected by the freedom of speech in the first amendment.
Texas v. Johnson
8. A male boss telling sexually explicit jokes to a female worker is unconstitutional because it clarified as sexual harassment.
Clarence Thomas v. Anita Hill
9. An anti abortion web site that lists the photos of abortion providers with Xs crossing out the doctors who have been assassinated is unconstitutional because the constitution does not protect "true threats".
Nuremburg v. U.S
***Questions***
1. What is Speech?
The communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words and the power of expressing or communicating thoughts by speaking.
2. What is the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine?
Judicial interpretation of the First Amendment that government may not ban speech unless such speech poses an imminent threat to society.
3. Are there any lines of freedom of speech that you can not cross?
Yes, when it poses an immediate threat to society.
4. What is hate speech, and what is the law regarding it?
Hate speech is, outside the law, communication that vilifies a person or a group based on discrimination against that person or group. In law, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing or display which is forbidden because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group. The law may identify a protected individual or a protected group by certain characteristics. In some places, a victim of hate speech may seek redress under civil law, criminal law, or both.
Beauharnais v. Illinois
2. A student inciting other students to riot against the police is constitutional because it is exercising the first and fourteenth amendment.
Feiner v. New York
3. False advertisement by a shoe manufacturer is constitutional because of the first amendment in the constitution, the court regarded the distinction between commercial and noncommercial speech to be dispositive.
Kasky v. Nike
4.Protesting a marine's funeral by yelling "God Hates Fags" at the funeral is constitutional as long as the people stay 1000 ft. away from the funeral.
Snyder v. Phelps
5. A clerk at Bojangle’s using fighting words with a customer is unconstitutional because the constitution does not protect fighting words.
Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire
6. Hate Speech is sometimes both, it depends because for example it declared Westboro Baptist Church Constitutional but a Jehovah's witness went to prison for offending a police officer.
R.A.V v. City of St. Paul
7. Burning a flag is constitutional because it is protected by the freedom of speech in the first amendment.
Texas v. Johnson
8. A male boss telling sexually explicit jokes to a female worker is unconstitutional because it clarified as sexual harassment.
Clarence Thomas v. Anita Hill
9. An anti abortion web site that lists the photos of abortion providers with Xs crossing out the doctors who have been assassinated is unconstitutional because the constitution does not protect "true threats".
Nuremburg v. U.S
***Questions***
1. What is Speech?
The communication or expression of thoughts in spoken words and the power of expressing or communicating thoughts by speaking.
2. What is the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine?
Judicial interpretation of the First Amendment that government may not ban speech unless such speech poses an imminent threat to society.
3. Are there any lines of freedom of speech that you can not cross?
Yes, when it poses an immediate threat to society.
4. What is hate speech, and what is the law regarding it?
Hate speech is, outside the law, communication that vilifies a person or a group based on discrimination against that person or group. In law, hate speech is any speech, gesture or conduct, writing or display which is forbidden because it may incite violence or prejudicial action against or by a protected individual or group. The law may identify a protected individual or a protected group by certain characteristics. In some places, a victim of hate speech may seek redress under civil law, criminal law, or both.