In various opinions over several decades the Supreme Court has protected what it refers to as symbolic speech. Which of the following is NOT an example of symbolic speech?
a. publicly desecrating or burning the American flag
b. burning a draft card during a time of war
c. wearing black armbands in school or at work as a sign of political protest
d. invoking symbols or actions that target a particular person or group with the intent of causing harm
e. flying the American flag upside down
Question 2
With its ruling in Reno v. ACLU in 1997, the Supreme Court invalidated a federal law passed to protect minors from indecent and patently offensive communications via the Internet. What was the Courts rationale in its invalidation of the federal law?
a. The Internet is impossible to police.
b. To restrict Internet speech in the United States would also restrict it in other countries.
c. In denying minors access to potentially harmful speech, the law suppressed a large amount of speech that adults have a constitutional right to receive.
d. The Internet has no standard group or vehicle by which to define decency, much less to enforce the standard.
e. Control of Internet speech is a role for the state governments, not the federal government.
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