Deck 14: Freedom of the Student Press

Question 1

In the 2010 case of Christian Legal Society v.Martinez,the Supreme Court said that a public law school could deny a religious student organization official campus status because:

A)the organization refused to admit black students.
B)the organization only focused on male students.
C)the organization's bylaws discriminated based on religion/sexual orientation.
D)the organization's bylaws were content-based.
E)the organization engaged in prior restraint.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In 2007,the Tenth Circuit held that former editors of a university newspaper who had graduated did not have standing in court to challenge the reassignment of their former faculty adviser.The case:

A)Kincaid v.Gibson.
B)Hosty v.Carter.
C)Papish v.Board of Curators.
D)Lane v.Simon.
E)Burch v.Barker.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A federal appeals court overturned a high school principal's sanction of students who distributed an unofficial newspaper without submitting it for prior review,holding that the prior review requirement violated the First Amendment.The case:

A)Burch v.Barker.
B)Healy v.James.
C)Spencer v.Williams.
D)Bethel School District v.Fraser.
E)Gambino v.Fairfax County Board of Education.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The theft of student newspapers by someone or some group offended by the content is becoming increasingly commonplace.A 2003 federal court decision may help student editors who face newspaper theft even though the case did not involve a student newspaper.The court held that a publisher's rights were violated when sheriff's deputies purchased all available copies of a newspaper critical of the sheriff on the eve of an election.The case:

A)Rossignol v.Voorhaar.
B)Zucker v.Panitz.
C)Yeo v.Town of Lexington.
D)Orin v.Barclay.
E)Thomas v.Granville.

Question 5

The Supreme Court upheld disciplinary action against a student who made an offensive speech at an assembly at a public high school in the case of:

A)Bethel School District v.Fraser.
B)Tinker v.Community School District.
C)Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier.
D)Healy v.James.
E)Bright v.Los Angeles Unified School District.

Question 6

In Dariano v.Morgan Hill Unified Sch.Dist. ,what did the Ninth Circuit say about barring students from wearing American flag t-shirts during Cinco de Mayo in a California public school?

A)Not acceptable as there was no actual disruption.
B)Not acceptable.Tinker would forbid this action.
C)Not acceptable.students can wear what they want.
D)Acceptable.school administrators can do what they want under Hazelwood.
E)Acceptable.there had been historic violence and disruption in schools in the past in this situation.

Question 7

The Supreme Court in 2007 rejected a high school student's claim that the school principal violated his First Amendment rights by suspending him for displaying a banner near the campus that read,"Bong Hits 4 Jesus." The case:

A)Morse v.Frederick.
B)Bethel School District v.Fraser.
C)Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier.
D)Smith v.Novato Unified School District.
E)Hosty v.Carter.

Question 8

The Supreme Court first ruled that public school students may exercise First Amendment rights on campus unless they interfere with the rights of others or disrupt school order and discipline in the case of:

A)Bethel School District v.Fraser.
B)Tinker v.Community School District.
C)Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier.
D)Healy v.James.
E)Bright v.Los Angeles Unified School District.

Question 9

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment does not ordinarily protect officially sponsored high school newspapers from administrative censorship in the case of:

A)Bethel School District v.Fraser.
B)Tinker v.Community School District.
C)Leeb v.DeLong.
D)Papish v.Board of Curators.
E)Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier.

Question 10

In 2005,the Seventh Circuit said the First Amendment does not necessarily bar administrators from censoring a financially subsidized student newspaper at a public university.The case:

A)Papish v.Board of Curators.
B)Rosenberger v.Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.
C)Kincaid v.Gibson.
D)Hosty v.Carter.
E)Board of Regents v.Southworth.

Question 11

In 2001,the Sixth Circuit overruled the administrative censorship of a student publication at a public university,upholding its First Amendment rights.The case:

A)Hosty v.Carter.
B)Papish v.Board of Curators.
C)Rosenberger v.Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.
D)Kincaid v.Gibson.
E)Board of Regents v.Southworth.

Question 12

Increasingly before the courts in cases such as Doninger v.Niehoff from the Second Circuit are schools' attempts to regulate:

A)student media advertising.
B)off-campus speech.
C)sexting.
D)speech by student clubs.
E)student political groups.

Question 13

The Fourth Circuit in the 2013 case Hardwick v.Heyward said that the existence of racial tension in a South Carolina school district justified the administration's prohibition on:

A)sexting.
B)off-campus speech.
C)wearing Confederate flag shirts.
D)trading Civil War memorabilia.
E)student political groups.