Post-Test: In most cases, U.S. law and tradition make the use of prior restraint relatively rare. However, there have been a number of important efforts by government to squelch content. When would it be appropriate for the government to use prior restraint?Multiple Choicein times of war when national security was involvedif cameras in a courtroom presented no hazard to the principle of fair trialif sexually explicit content was judged to be pornographic, but not obscenein the reporting of public figures when it was known that the information was true

Post-Test: Which issue does this question touch upon: “Should cameras be allowed in the courtroom, supporting the public’s right to know, or does this make a fair judgment impossible?”Multiple Choiceclear and present dangerprior restraintascertainmentfree press versus free trial

Post-Test: What is the ad hoc balancing of interests?Multiple Choicethe notion that several factors should be considered to determine exactly how much freedom the press should havethe notion that limits can be placed on the time, place, and manner of expression as long as the restrictions do not interfere with its substancethe idea that there is no absolute freedom of expression but that the level of protection is one of degreethe notion that if a report defames a person and is published, it loses its First Amendment protection

Pre-Test: How is pornography treated in terms of First Amendment protection?Multiple ChoiceIt has First Amendment protection.It is not protected on TV or radio.The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to rule on pornography as speech.It has no First Amendment protection.

Pre-Test: The attempt of the U.S. government to prevent the publication of the Pentagon Papers in The New York Times is an example ofMultiple Choicelibel.actual malice.prior restraint.free press versus free trial.

In Miller v. California (1973) the Supreme Court ruled that there is no broad First Amendment protection for pornography and that instead, states could censor pornographic work if all of the following conditions are satisfied except:Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer.aThe average person, applying contemporary community standards, must find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interests.bThe work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific merit.cThe work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions.dThe work portrays particular sex acts in ways that are especially unrealistic.