Chapter 1

1. If you agree that censorship is necessary, consider the following questions: If the government were to begin censoring the media, who should be the censors? Should there be a national censor, or a censor for each state, or for each community, or for each type of media (for example, newspapers, magazines, movies, music, Internet)? Should the censors be appointed or elected, and how long should they serve? What should the censors do after their terms are over, since they have been exposed to many ideas other Americans were not allowed to see?
2. Richard Curtis argues that the Nuremberg Files—a website that listed the names, addresses, and phone numbers of abortion providers, as well as their children’s names and schools they attended—threatened doctors and their staffs and was therefore not protected by the right to free speech. Robyn...