Libel and slander
CLEP American Government, Chapter 20 Libel and slander Libel traditionally means defamation in written, printed, recorded, or similarly lasting form. Slander traditionally means spoken or transitory defamation. These labels help describe the medium, and state law may attach different pleading or damages rules to them. They do not create two separate First Amendment standards. A […]
Obscenity
CLEP American Government, Chapter 20 Obscenity Obscenity is a narrow category outside ordinary First Amendment protection, not a synonym for sexual, vulgar, indecent, or offensive expression. Under Miller v. California, the government must establish three elements. First, applying contemporary community standards, the average person must find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to […]
