Assignments
Activities so far
As you proceeded through Module 3, you should have participated in the following online activities: poll questions and readings.
If you have not, please make sure you go back and complete these before proceeding. Further activities for this unit are listed below.
- Poll Question: Should Mr. Boomer's actions be considered free speech?
- Poll Question: Should mooning be a crime?
- Poll Question: Do you agree with the courts that Cohen was not guilty of fighting words?
- Poll Question: Should flag burning be a crime?
- Poll Question: Should broadcasts like Carlin's be regulated by the government?
- Poll Question: Should dangerous speech be restricted?
- WEBLINK READING : Cohen v. California
- WEBLINK READING : Texas v. Johnson
- WEBLINK READING : R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
- WEBLINK READING : Village of Skokie v. National Socialist Party
- WEBLINK READING : Virginia v. Black
- WEBLINK READING : Wisconsin v. Mitchell
- Poll Question: Is hate speech motivated by vice?
- Poll Question: Should hate speech be a crime?
- Poll Question: Do you agree with Scalia's opinion in the R.A.V. case?
- Poll Question: Should universities adopt minimal hate speech codes as Altman suggests?
Discussion Exercise
Choose one of the cases in this module which interests you and post a very brief synopsis of the case. Then answer the following questions:
- What role, if any, does vice play in this case?
- Should we conclude that a crime has occurred or was this really free expression? Why?
- What does current law say about this case, and do you agree? Why or why not?