1. Personal Freedoms

2. Today I will analyze Americans’ freedom of speech and how the Supreme Court has influenced its practice.

3. What is slander? What types of speech does the First Amendment not protect?

4. Sedition, defamatory speech (slander and libel), :fighting words,” and certain student speech.

5. Ok to advocate force against government Not ok to incite force

6. “Fighting words” May be sued for false, damaging statements Slander= spoken Libel= written What is the root word in defamatory?

7. Are you guilty of libel if you didn’t know what you wrote was wrong? Or reckless regard to whether it was false (malice)? Some speech allowed about public officials

8. Public figures have less protection Who is included as “public figures?”

9. Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) “incite an immediate breach of the peace”

10. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Hazelwood Sch Dist v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Student’s personal expression but not as part of school curriculum Morse v. Frederick (2008)

11. Read pgs. 366-368 Complete study guide