1st Amendment Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is the 1st A. Freedom of Speech
Limits government regulation of private speech
What is speech
Words, symbols, conduct with expressive intent
What are the 4 types of unprotected speech?
- Incitement
- Fighting Words
- True threats
- Obscenity
Incitement
Conduct likely and intended to produce imminent lawless action
Fighting words
Conduct likely to provoke an immediate violent response
True Threats
Intended to covey a threat of serious bodily harm
Obscenity
Depiction of sexual conduct deemed unwholesome by law:
- Appeals to pruint interest in sex (C)
- Patently offensive (C)
- No value (N)
What classes of speech receive partial 1st A protection?
Defamation
Commercial Speech
Pub student Speech
Free exercise Clause
Government can’t discriminate in the basis of religion, triggers strict scrutiny
Establishment Clause
Government cannot establish religion
Exception: history or tradition