The Supreme Court has ruled that freedom of expression is a fundamental right. May the government restrict freedom of expression?

a. No. The Constitution prohibits all government infringements of freedom of speech.
b. Yes, if the government can show that a restriction fulfills a legitimate public purpose.
c. Yes, but only if the government can demonstrate a compelling public interest in restricting freedom of expression.
d. State government can restrict freedom of speech, but the national government cannot.
e. Yes, but only if the government applies the restrictions evenly throughout society.

c

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A) Crime control and prevention districts B) Navigation districts C) Weed control districts D) Airport authorities

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One example of realignment was when

A. anti-slavery Republicans left to join the Democratic Party before the Civil War. B. working-class voters abandoned the Republican Party in 1896 due to the Republicans' populist politics. C. the New Deal Democratic Coalition brought African Americans and ardent segregationists into the same party in 1932. D. cultural conservatives abandoned the Republicans in 1968, especially in the South. E. evangelical Christians abandoned the Republican Party and voted for Jimmy Carter inĀ 1976.

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