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The purpose of the First Amendment is to give every voter the fullest possible participation in the understanding of problems with which the citizens of a self-governing society must deal. This is a part of the thinking of

Which of the following is not a possible defense in a libel case?

A type of forum the U.S. Supreme Court has identified in free-speech decisions as having been historically open for public discourse and having “immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public” is known as

The Supreme Court refused to extend the actual malice rule to private persons because

The theory that advocates freedom of expression as necessary to enrich the life of the speaker and allow individuals to become the persons they wish to be is

A legal standard that provides more protection for freedom of expression by prohibiting speech only when there is clear evidence of an incitement to lawless action is known as the

Whether a summary judgment is granted or not in a case will depend on whether

The Flatlands Gazette fairly and accurately reported the results of an Environmental Protection Agency investigation, and it attributed the report to the EPA. If the EPA report falsely accuses Bubba’s Pig Farm and Meat Packing Company as being the worst polluter in Hog County,

In the case of Gertz v. Welch, the Supreme Court allowed the states to set the legal limits of liability for private-person libel cases provided those states do not impose

In Gertz v. Welch, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the plaintiff, prominent Chicago attorney Elmer Gertz, was