First Amendment Rights and Freedoms Quiz

First Amendment safeguards core freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

First Amendment protects the freedom of assembly.

Forcing others into religious activities is not protected by freedom of religion.

Fourth Amendment safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures.

A shopping mall is not considered a traditional public forum.

Establishment Clause forbids government endorsement or promotion of any religion.

Schenck v. United States set the 'clear and present danger' test to limit free speech during wartime.

Withholding information from journalists infringes on freedom of the press.

Lemon v. Kurtzman introduced the 'Lemon test' for evaluating Establishment Clause violations.

Heckler's veto is when the government restricts speech to avoid audience violence.

Regulating speech volume in a residential area is a content-neutral restriction.

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan set the 'actual malice' standard for libel against public figures.

Political speech receives the strictest scrutiny from the courts.

Hate speech is not protected under the First Amendment.

Yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater is not protected as symbolic speech.

Prior restraint prohibits government censorship before public expression.

Miller v. California established the 'Miller test' for obscene material.

Chilling effect is self-censorship due to fear of punishment.

The Pentagon Papers case upheld press freedom against prior restraint.