Author Question: American courts are very hesitant to allow prior restraint, which means A) it is very easy for ... (Read 102 times)

809779 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

American courts are very hesitant to allow prior restraint, which means

A) it is very easy for the government to censor, or to suppress material before it is published.
B) it is difficult for the government to censor, or to suppress material before it is published.
C) it is easy for the government to detain reporters who are critical of their policies.
D) there are no ways for the government to limit what the press can find or print.

Question 2

In 1857, in the Supreme Court landmark ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote that _______.

A) slavery must end, but African Americans could gain their rights incrementally
B) economic equality was acceptable, but political equality was immoral
C) slavery was immoral and equality was tantamount to a healthy and moral society
D) slavery must be abolished with reasonable speed and effectiveness
E) blacks were so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.