Question

could someone plz help me with a civics question no one seems to be helping me i will medal and fan

Answer 1

plzzz help

Answer 2

Federal law requires that news agencies not publish or broadcast information that could threaten the security of the nation's armed forces in times of conflict. However, the Constitution protects the right to free expression of ideas. Judges use past decisions on cases where the law and rights come into conflict to settle similar disputes. In one case, New York Times vs. United States, the Supreme Court decided that a newspaper could publish information about the military that the president said should remain secret to protect the troops. The justices said the president failed to prove that the information could threaten the nation's security.
Federal officials accuse an online newspaper of violating the law against publishing secret information about the military. One of the newspaper's reporters posted comments online about her friend, who is a soldier serving overseas. On her personal website, she posted a picture of him, where he is stationed, and negative opinions of his commanders, including the president. The newspaper insists that the reporter did this on her own time and that the newspaper is not responsible. The reporter maintains that whether at work or not, she has the right to express her opinions freely under the Constitution.
U.S. government officials say that the posting of the information could put the soldier in harm's way. Officials also say that her negative opinions could encourage others to stop supporting the soldiers and break laws in protest. They insist that because a reporter for the newspaper, people could believe that her ideas are those of everyone working for the newspaper. They say the newspaper and the reporter have threatened the safety and security of the armed forces.

Is this a matter of constitutional, criminal, civil, or military law? How do you know?

Is the source of the law a statute, regulation, case law, or a combination? How do you know? ____________________________________________________________________________

Answer 3

In your shoes I'd look up each of the adjectives constitutional, criminal, civil, military, and then try matching each of them to the reading passage. If you'd get started doing this and share some thoughts, I'd be glad to respond to them.

Answer 4

ok i think that the first one is military law.. but i am not sure

Answer 5

Have you looked up those four adjectives? Doing so would give you considerable insight regarding what to look for as you try to decide what type of law is concerned here.

Answer 6

i know what they mean but i am not sure if it is the right one

Answer 7

its either between a constitutional law or a military law

Answer 8

plz help :(

Answer 9

I'm definitely not a lawyer, but here's my viewpoint. I would get a second opinion from someone who is more skilled in this field

Anyways we have these four types of law: constitutional, criminal, civil, military law

here's how I see the differences

constitutional law: laws that deal with the constitution (and whether or not they violate the constitution). Example: if someone made a law that said you didn't have to pay taxes, then that violates the 16th amendment which is in the constitution, so the supreme court would overturn it (assuming congress even passes such a law)

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criminal law: laws that are written on the books, like in the US code of laws. These laws are very spelled out like this one here

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1211

which basically makes the rule that the fridge must be able to be opened from the inside. If someone made a fridge that didn't have this feature, then the person would be likely to be fined or face jail time.

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civil law: this is murkier, but I think this deals with things like defamation, libel, etc. They aren't explicitly written laws, but this is where a person can sue for harrassment, for false accusations, for property disputes, etc. Things that you hear about in court (on tv maybe?) that don't go against any explicit law on any books

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military law: the military has jurisdiction, so if a soldier does something wrong, then his/her commanders are in charge of figuring out how to punish the soldier

Answer 10

are you still typing!

Answer 11

the reporter posting bad press could be a civil matter

if the prosecution can show that the reporter made the soldier look bad, but that wasn't the true picture, then that sounds like a defamation case. But then again, the defense could easily use the 1st amendment

Answer 12

srry nevermind