Obscene Speech Is Protected by the First Amendment

question 11

True/False

Obscene speech is protected by the First Amendment.

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Definitions:

Internal Mental Structures

The cognitive constructs within an individual's mind that facilitate understanding, reasoning, and information processing.

Phonemes

The smallest sound categories in human speech that distinguish meanings. Phonemes vary from language to language.

Morphemes

The smallest units of meaning in a language, such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Babbling

A form of vocalizing, beginning at around 7 months, in which infants utter strings of syllables that combine a consonant sound and a vowel sound.