Thursday, April 9, 2009

First Amendment Test

I scored 24 out of 30 questions right on this test. We went over many of the subjects in class, but there were still a few questions that I did not know how to answer. Question 12 was one of these, asking "Can a reporter be sent to jail for refusing a judges order to reveal the identity of his or her news source?" I learned that this is actually a possibility; if a court decides that the law does not protect a journalist, the journalist can be ordered to cooperate or sent to jail. Also, the answers to some questions would change if they are applied to the present day. For example, the quiz lists question 3, "the first amendment protects students while at school," as true. However, the recent Supreme Court case Morse v. Frederick declared a school's prohibition of student speech advocating drug use as constitutional.

Corey

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