Exam 3: Methods of Control

Due to the physical limitations of the electromagnetic spectrum, the U.S. Supreme Court regards the licensing of broadcasters as permissible.

Just as private corporations may prohibit employees from revealing confidential business information, the government may prevent its employees from divulging information that would jeopardize national security.

Which of the following is a content-based law?

The Blackstonian view of press freedom, which prohibits prior restraints but allows subsequent punishment of illegal expression, was familiar to the founders of the U.S. Constitution.

The 1979 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court established that it is extraordinarily difficult for the state to punish the publication of lawfully acquired truthful information of public significance.

The U.S. Supreme Court regards content-neutral restrictions and content-based restrictions as equally harmful to free expression.

The 1971 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government had not met its "heavy burden" of proof to overcome the presumption that prior restraints are unconstitutional.

A tax aimed solely at the largest newspaper in a state is unconstitutional, but a general sale tax treating all newspapers like other businesses is constitutional.

In Near v. Minnesota, Chief Justice Hughes stated that the First Amendment's prohibition on prior restraints was absolute.

What is the definition of the following term: -Computer-aided design (CAD)