Law and Issues                                   Vocabulary 1                                       Mr. Thacker

 

                        Unit 3                                                  Chapter 36-37            

 

Identify and/or Explain

 

  1. Amendments
  2. Due Process
  3. Balancing test
  4. Federal
  5. “marketplace of ideas”
  6. “Congress shall make no law …..
  7. Obscenity
  8. Defamation
  9. Public figures
  10. Slander
  11. Libel
  12. New York Times v. Sullivan
  13. Commercial Speech
  14. “strength wars”
  15. Offensive speakers
  16. Fighting Words
  17. Clear and Present danger
  18. Dennis v. U.S.
  19. Incitement Test
  20. Hate Speech
  21. Time, Place, and Manner
  22. “public forum”
  23. Symbolic Speech
  24. Vagueness

 

 

Questions

 

1.  List the first ten Amendments.  Briefly explain the importance of the 1st Amendment.  (15)

 

2.  What is the importance of "due process"?