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There are five questions that need to be answered. I had to fill out a number of pages, but if the questions Could not be answered fully and properly I will extend the amount of pages. (so please let me know) If not and four pages seem fine, great.

Answer the questions:

you should answer the questions asked:
If you include information that it NOT relevant to the question asked, even if it is accurate information. It is wrong.

I will attach notes.

Put the answer under each question
Should be in own words**

I also have The first amendment and the fourth estate 12th edition Book -> if needed i can upload pictures from the book to help

QUESTION 1

Roy Moore was a candidate for US Senate in the State of Alabama.  He previously was the Chief Judge of the Alabama Supreme Court.  One month prior to election day, The Washington Post ran an article in print and online that described, in detail, a woman (Leigh Corfman’s) claims that Moore sexually assaulted her when she was a 14-year-old girl in 1979.  The Post’s article includes interviews with two of Corfman’s childhood friends who corroborated Corfman’s story, includes interviews with three other women who claim that Moore pursued them while they were teenagers, and involved weeks of research and interviews.  The Post gave Moore the opportunity to respond to the claims and it published Moore’s statement that he denies Corfman’s allegation and denies knowing any of the women quoted in the article.  Moore has also publicly, repeatedly called Corfman a liar and stated that he never met her.

1. Assume that the allegations by Corfman are false, what result if Moore sues the The Washington Post for defamation?
   1. Is the result the same if Moore sues Corfman, why?
   2. Is the result the same if Moore sues Corfman for False Light invasion of privacy, why?
   3. Are the results against the Post different for its online and print publications? Why or why not?

1. Assume that the allegations by Corfman are true, what result if Corfman sues Moore for defamation for his statements published in the Post and his statements made in public?

1. Assume the allegations by Corfman are true, what result if Moore sues Corfman for Public Disclosure of Private Facts invasion of privacy?

QUESTION 2

Former President George H.W. Bush wrote his autobiography shortly before he died.  The book contains approximately 1000 pages and details his time fighting in World War II; his long career as a US Congressman; his terms as Vice President and President; and his time as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.  It also goes into great detail about his time growing up in Massachusetts and his college days at Yale University.  The book contains many previously unknown facts of Mr. Bush’s life.

One 50 page chapter of the manuscript describes President Bush’s role in ending the Cold War.  Included in that chapter is a description of events that occurred in 1990 while Mr. Bush was President and also discloses the name of a now-deceased CIA agent who had worked undercover in the Soviet Union during the Cold War and had been instrumental in helping the US gain access to Soviet military secrets in the early 1980s.

Unfortunately, Mr. Bush left a copy of the un-published manuscript on the seat of a taxi while in New York City meeting with his publisher about the upcoming release of the book.  The next passenger, a national security reporter for the weekly “Republic Magazine”, finds the manuscript in the taxi and decides to write about it.  Because the book is going to be on-sale in 3 days, the reporter does not have time to get his story in the next edition of Republic, so instead he decides to publish, verbatim, the 50 page chapter about the Cold War on the Republic’s website, leaving out only the name of now deceased CIA agent.  He also announces that he will reveal the name of the agent the next day.  Finally, he encourages everyone to buy the book to discover other details about Mr. Bush’s life and includes a link to an amazon page where people can pre-order the book.

What result if Mr. Bush’s estate and his publisher sue the Republic and reporter for copyright infringement?

QUESTION 3

1)         Assume Congress passes and the President signs a law that requires the operator of every website to accept posts from every person regardless of the content of the posts.  Assume also that Twitter institutes a policy that bans people who post content that threatens physical harm to a third person from posting on their service.  What interest or interests might the government argue are protected by the law?  What would Twitter’s best argument be that the law is unconstitutional?

QUESTION 4

1)         Compare and contrast the differing impact, if any, the First Amendment has on the publisher of an arguably indecent story published or transmitted in or on each of the follow media:

(a) a magazine; and

(b) broadcast television or radio

QUESTION 5

• What is a patent medicine and name one that still exists today?

• What was the Betamax?

• what are the 5 rights mentioned in the First Amendment to the US Constitution