1.Explain the details, importance, and impact of New York Times v. Sullivan.

2.In 1971, in a case called Cohen v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court protected the First Amendment free speech right of a man named Paul Robert Cohen to wear a jacket bearing the words "Fuck the Draft" in the halls of a Los Angeles public courthouse during the Vietnam War.

Use and apply three different theories of free speech discussed in Chapter 2 - in particular, Meiklejohnian theory, the marketplace of ideas metaphor, and the theory of self-realization/self-fulfillment - to make a cohesive and cogent argument that justifies and explains why Cohen's offensive and vulgar message deserves protection under the First Amendment.