Ch.

13 Sec 3: Free Speech

How free should it be?

Write down one example
of speech which should
not be protected.
Share with a partner,
share with the class.

TYPES OF SPEECH
Pure speech: Most common,
verbal expression to an
audience that has chosen to
listen.
Symbolic (expression)
speech: Actions and symbols
to express opinion.
Seditious speech: urging
resistance to lawful
authority or advocating
overthrow of gov.

Testing Sedition
Sedition law: Body of law
making it a crime to
advocate revolution.
Clear and present danger:
Test when the speech in
question presents an
immediate danger.
Preferred position
doctrine: First
Amendment freedoms
more fundamental than
other freedoms.

What do all these political images

have in common?

Defamatory Speech
Defamatory: false speech
that damages a persons
good name
Slander= Spoken false
speech
Libel = written false
speech
New York Times V. Sullivan:
Allows defamatory speech
about public officials.

Remember a teacher
you had last year, write
a libelous statement in
your notebook.
Sharing the statement
with the class makes it
Slander.

"fighting words those which by

their very utterance inflict injury
or tend to incite an immediate
breach of the peacesuch
utterances are no essential part
of any exposition of ideas, and
are of such slight social value as
a step to truth that any benefit
that may be derived from them is
clearly outweighed by the social
interest in order and morality.
Summarize this quote using only 510 words.

Fighting words
Words so insulting
they provoke
immediate violence.
Chaplinksy V. New
Hampshire: prohibits
any person from
implementing
fighting words

Should High School

Students have the
same free speech
rights as adults?
Yes or No, 3-4
sentences explaining

Student Speech
Tinker V. Des Moines: students do not shed their freedom of
speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.
Bethel School District (SD) V. Fraser: Authority to discipline
students for lewd speech at school events.
Hazelwood SD V. Kuhlmeier: Authority to regulate student
speech in school sponsored newspaper, and other
activities.
Morse v. Frederick: suppress free speech at a school-supervised
event if student speech is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal
drug use.

Artistic Expression/Catharsis or True

Threat?
Choose One, then write about 3-5
sentences about what your judgment
could mean in a broader sense?

3-2-1 Summary
Write down three (3) things which you
learned about today
Write two (2) questions about something
you feel unclear about or wish to know
more about.
Write one (1) way in which the information
could be helpful to you in the future.