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tichca · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Discuss the similarities and differences between potential and actual groups. How can the gap between potential groups and actual groups be narrowed?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In Texas v.Gregory Lee Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that anti-flag-burning laws were an unconstitutional violation of __________.

Fill in the blanks with correct word

chevyboi1976 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1. Define a potential group as all the people who might be interest group members because they share some common interest.
2. Define an actual group as the people in the potential group who actually join.
3. Note that both the potential and actual members share the same interests, but that actual members constitute a smaller group of people who actually participate in the organization.
4. Note that groups vary in the degree to which they enroll their potential membership, with public interest groups enrolling a small fraction of their potential members and business and trade associations enrolling a larger percentage.
5. Note that selective benefits help narrow the gap between potential group membership and actual membership.

Answer to Question 2

freedom of speech or freedom of expression