The substantive constraints found in the Bill of Rights...
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a) put limits on what government shall and shall not have the power to do.
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The Bill of Rights was written because...
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a) The Antifederalists demanded it as the price of ratification of the Constitution
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The Bill of Rights...
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a) Is the first ten amendments to the Constitution
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According to the text, what is the constitutional problem relating to the nationalization of the Bill of Rights.
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a) Does the Bill of Rights put limits only on the national government, or does it limit state government as well?
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Which of the following statements best summarizes the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the establishment clause?
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a) The Court has been strict in striking down school prayer but permissive in allowing the public display of religious symbols.
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In Lemon V Kurtzman, the Supreme Court ruled that government action toward religion is...
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a) Permissible only if it is secular in purpose neither promotes nor inhibits religion, and does not lead to excessive entanglement
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Why was the Supreme Court case New York Time V Sallivan significant?
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a) The Court ruled that a newspaper had to print false and malicious material deliberately in order to be guilty of libel.
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Which of the following is the most resents constitutional issue concerning fighting words?
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a) University harassment and hate speech codes
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The second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with...
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a) The right to bear arms
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The Fourth, Fifth, the Sixth, and Eighth Amendments are largely about...
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a) Protections for those accuse of committing a crime
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What is the standard for determining guilt in criminal cases?
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a) Guilt must be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt
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The words "Under God" were added to the Pledge of Allegiance...
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a) In the midst of the Cold War, as a response to the "godless communism" of the Soviet Union
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The Supreme Court's decision in west Virginia State Board of education V Barnett was significant because...
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a) Endorse the free exercises of religion even if is offensive to the believes of the majority
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The Supreme Court case concerning smoking peyote during native American religious rituals demonstrates that the court's key problem in ruling on religious freedom is to determent...
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a) The difference between religious believe and conduct that its base on religious believes.
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What were the alien and sedition acts?
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a) Laws pased in the 1790s that made it a crime to say or publish anything that would defamed the government of the U.S.
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In the 1976 decision Buckley V Balco, the Supreme Court articulated the principle that...
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a) Spending by or on behalf of a candidates for office is protected speech
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The rights to assembly and petition are guaranteed by the same amendment guaranteeing...
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a) free speech
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The term eminent domain describes...
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a) The power of the government to take private property for public use
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The case of Gideon V Wain wright establish the right...
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a) To counsel in felony cases
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Griswold V Connecticut (1965) and Roe V Wade (1973) have been extremely important in the development of...
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a) a constitutional right to privacy
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During the founding era, who were the strongest supporters of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?
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b) Antifederalist
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The procedural restraints found in the Bill of Rights.
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b) define how the government is supposed to act.
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The process by which the Supreme Court has expanded specific parts of the Bill of Rights to protect citizens against states and federal action is called...
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b) selective in corporation
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Why is Palko V. Connecticut an important case?
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b) the Supreme Court explained the process for determining which parts of the Bill of Rights would protect individuals against states as well as the national government.
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The Wall of separation between church and state is best found in what clause of the Constitution?
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b) The establishment clause
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The Lemon test involves what part of the Constitution?
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b) Establishment clause
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In West Virginia State Board of Education V Barnett, the Supreme Court announce that...
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b) Children cannot be required to salute the flag if it violates their religious faith.
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The Religious freedom restorations act, passed by Congress in 1993 was an attempt to ...
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b) Give more protection to Religious freedoms that the Supreme Court was allowing.
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Which figure is most closely associated with the idea that the First Amendment protects the "market place of ideas?"
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b)Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The first and most famous test for the determining when the government could intervene to suppress political speech was called the...
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b) Clear and present danger test
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The Supreme Court case Near V. Minnesota established the principle that...
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b) only under the most extraordinary circumstances should the government prevent the publication of newspapers and magazines
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The court does not give full protection to fighting words because...
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b)such words are not part of the essential exposition of ideas
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Which of the following reflects the Supreme Courts position on commercial speech, such as advertisements?
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b) Advertisements receive limited First Amendment protection
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The due process clause of the Fifth Amendment is best described as...
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b) a procedural civil liberty
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The ________ rule forbids the introduction in trial of any piece of evidence obtained illegally
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b) exclusionary
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The Fourth Amendment protects against...
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b) searches and seizures
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A recent controversy that has tested the constitutional definition of ''search and seizure'' has been...
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b) mandatory drug testing
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What is grand jury?
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b) a jury that determines weather there is enough evidence to justify a trial
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The right against __________________ prevents persons from being tried twice for the same crime.
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b) double jeopardy
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What did the Supreme Court decided in Kelo V. City of New London (2005)?
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b) A city can seize land from private owners and transfer it to another private owner as part of a redevelopment program.
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The Eight Amendment prohibits...
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b) cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Supreme Court formally articulated the right to privacy in a case involving...
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b) access to birth control.
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Since 1973, the right to an abortion has been...
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b) upheld but narrowed in scope.
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In Lawrence V. Texas (2003) the Supreme Court ruled that...
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b) Laws criminalizing gay sexual behavior are a violation of the right to privacy.
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Which of the following is the best example of a substantive civil Liberty?
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c) "Congress shall make no low respecting the establishment of religion"
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What was the main reason that Alexander Hamilton did not want a Bill of Rights?
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c) He believed it was unnecessary for a government that possessed only specifically delegated powers.
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The Bill of Rights was ratified by the states in...
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c) 1791
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Which of the following rights is not found in the original unamend Constitution
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c) Prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
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The constitutional basis for the nationalization of the Bill of Rights is...
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c) The Fourteenth Amendment
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The__ __ __ of the First Amendment protects individual's right to believe and practice whatever religion she or he choose
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c)Free exercise Clause
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Why did the Supreme Court rule that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was Unconstitutional?
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The Court argued that only the Judiciary can interpret the scope of the Bill of Rights.
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The Judicial doctrine that places a heavy burden of proof on the government when it seeks to regulate or restrict speech is called...
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c) strict scrutiny
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What was the fate of the Alien and sedition Acts during the 1790s?
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The Acts were allowed to expiate without the Supreme Court.
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When the government blocks the publication of material it does not want released this is known as...
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c)Prior restraint
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About what did Justice Potter Stewart confess, " I know it when I see it"
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c)Pornography
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What was the Supreme Court case that declared the exclusionary rule?
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c)Mapp V. Ohio
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The requirement that person under arrest be informed of their right to remain silent is known as the____ rule.
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C) Miranda
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The Taking Clause states that government may not take private property ...
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c)Without just compensation
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The right to legal counsel in a criminal proceeding is guaranteed by...
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c) Sixth Amendment
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Which rights do not fall under constitutional arguments in favor of the right to privacy?
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c) right to use pornography
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The current prohibition on states criminalize abortion is based on...
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c) The right to privacy
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Which of the following is the best description of the Supreme Court's first ruling on the issue of the naturalization of the Bill of Rights in 1833?
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d) The Bill of Rights limits the national government but not state government.
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Which of the following is not a liberty protected by the Bill of Rights?
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d) equal protection of the laws
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In what year was freedom of speech extended to protect against the acts of state government?
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d) 1925
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Why did The Supreme Court rule the communications Decency Act unconstitutional?
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d) Because it attempted to protect children by suppressing speech that adults have a constitutional right to receive.
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"Due process of Law" in the United of States is generally define by the...
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d) Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments.
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The controversy over suspicion less drug tests at school in the workplace pits the government's war on drugs against the right...
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d) to privacy from unwarranted searches
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Which of the following statements concerning the death penalty is false?
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d)The death penalty was never used in the United States prior to the 1950's.
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A woman's constitutional right to an abortion was established in...
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d) Roe V Wade 1973
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Miranda V Arizona was important because it produced rules that must be used,...
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e) by the police before questioning an arrested criminal suspect.
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Which of the following types of speech receives the greatest level of First Amendment protection?
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C) Political speech that stops short of inciting violence.
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What was the result of the 2004 case that argued the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of the Allegiance violated the First Amendments?
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e)The Supreme Court did not rule on the issue dismissing the case on a technical matter
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