Press Freedom In and About the Courts MCQs
Press Freedom In and About the Courts MCQs
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1: Judges’ instructions to jurors warning them to avoid potentially prejudicial communications is known as _______ .
A. Admonitions
B. Continuance
C. Logic test
D. None of these
2: Postponement of a trial to a later time,this statement is related to ________ .
A. Admonitions
B. Continuance
C. Logic test
D. None of these
3: Experience and logic tests determine whether it is presumptively open.
A. True
B. False
4: The ability of attorneys to remove a potential juror for a reason the law finds sufficient, as opposed to a peremptory challenge is known as _______.
A. Sequestration
B. Shield laws
C. Summons
D. For-cause challenge
5: A nonlegal term used to describe court restraining orders that prohibit publication or discussion of specific materials is known as _______ .
A. Experience
B. Logic test
C. Gag orders
D. Impanel
6: To select and seat a jury is known as ______ .
A. Gag orders
B. Impanel
C. Cause challenge
D. None of these
7: Reporter’s privilege is the concept that reporters may keep information such as source identity confidential
A. True
B. False
8: A court order forbidding an individual or group of individuals from doing a specified act until a hearing can be conducted is known as _____ .
A. Sequestration
B. Shield laws
C. Restraining order
D. Broadband
9: The isolation of jurors to avoid prejudice from publicity in a sensational trial is known as _______ .
A. Sequestration
B. Shield laws
C. Summons
D. Broadband
10: Shield laws are state laws that protect journalists from being found in contempt of court for refusing to reveal sources.
A. True
B. False
11: A notice asking an individual to appear at a court. Potential jurors receive such a summons is known as ______ .
A. Sequestration
B. Shield laws
C. Summons
D. Broadband
12: The Supreme Court has held that reporters may ______.
A. Refuse to testify before grand juries because of self-incrimination concerns
B. Not refuse to testify before grand juries without risking being found in contempt
C. Refuse to testify before grand juries because reporters are always protected by First Amendment privilege
D. Refuse to appear before a grand jury even if subpoenaed to do so
13: A reporter for a daily paper tells Wally that she will not reveal his name if he gives her important information about a candidate running for governor. Wally gives the reporter the information, and she decides to include Wally’s name. Wally sues both the reporter and the newspaper. Wally likely will ______.
A. Win because his lawsuit because the First Amendment does not protect journalists who break promises to sources
B. Lose because the First Amendment protects news decisions by reporters and newspapers
C. Lose because the reporter and newspaper did not enter into a written contract with Wally
D. Lose because Wally's claim that he was promised confidentiality cannot be proven without the reporter's support
14: The qualified First Amendment reporter’s privilege that sometimes allows a reporter to refuse to testify during court proceedings is based on ______.
A. A law adopted by the U.S. Congress
B. State court applications of the First Amendment
C. A Supreme Court decision on a freelance photographer’s status as a company contractor
D. A Supreme Court decision on reporters’ responsibility to testify before grand juries
15: A police officer comes into your newsroom with a valid search warrant. The warrant says the officer can search your desk and your computer files. You should ______.
A. Refuse to allow the search by any means necessary because warrants for newsroom searches violate journalists’ First Amendment rights
B. Allow the officer to search your desk and computer files
C. Take your materials out of the newsroom and hide them because they are protected by the state's shield law
D. Agree to allow the search only if you are being charged with a crime or if you are a defendant in a civil suit
16: In states that have adopted shield laws, a judge may ______.
A. Use any state’s shield law to determine if a reporter will be required to reveal information
B. Use either the shield law or the qualified First Amendment privilege to determine if a reporter will be required to reveal information
C. Use only the state’s shield law to determine if a reporter will be required to reveal information
D. Not use the shield law unless the reporter is being asked to testify in a civil trial
17: The majority of federal courts protect reporters from revealing information by ______.
A. Using the qualified First Amendment privilege
B. Applying a federal shield law
C. Invoking the Freedom of Information Act.
D. Redacting critical passages of their news stories.
18: The qualified First Amendment reporter’s privilege against revealing sources or other information is used in ______.
A. All federal and state courts
B. Most federal courts and a minority of states’ courts
C. No federal courts, but all states’ courts
D. No courts after 2015
19: The U.S. Supreme Court found that search warrants served on journalists ______.
A. Are prohibited by shield laws
B. Violate journalists’ First Amendment rights
C. Are prohibited by the qualified First Amendment privilege
D. Are legal and must be obeyed
20: The Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial belongs ______.
A. Exclusively to the defendant
B. Exclusively to the public
C. To any party but not those not directly involved in the court proceeding
D. To both the defendant and the public
21: Electronic access to court records ______.
A. Varies broadly among states and state and federal courts
B. Is consistent and presumptively open throughout all state and federal courts
C. Is consistent and presumptively closed in all state and federal courts
D. Is presumptively closed in federal courts but may be opened in state courts under state law
22: A majority of states have shield laws.
A. True
B. False
23: There is no general right of the public to challenge the closure of a court proceeding.
A. True
B. False
24: The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Branzburg was a unanimous decision.
A. True
B. False
25: The right to an open public trial belongs to both the defendant and the public.
A. True
B. False
26: The three components of the test established in the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Branzburg v. Hayes are (1) possession, (2) no alternatives, and (3) relevance.
A. True
B. False
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