26. In response to a series of online social media postings…
26. In response to a series of online social media postings on Twitter (“tweets”) by the CEO of a major car company in the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) requested and obtained an injunction prohibiting the CEO from posting any further tweets having to do with anything related to his car company. Which is the strongest argument the S.E.C.’s action is unconstitutional?
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8. After a recent round of protests by high school students in the City of Los Angeles, the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting teenagers between the ages of 14-17 from assembling outside in groups of more than two during the school day because the sound created was disruptive to the tranquility of neighbors in their homes. Assuming a group of parents file suit on behalf of their teenagers, what is the most likely decision of the court based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?
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9. The State of California passed a law that prohibited any speech that is “destructive of the Peace” and another law stating that “unprotected speech is forbidden.” Which statement most accurately describes the constitutionality of these two statutes?
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In the late 1930s, British and French leaders tried in vain to keep their country out of another costly war with Germany by giving into some of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s demands. Consequently, this term for seeking peaceful solutions to conflicts, ________, took on a pejorative connotation.
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