Question 1

A woman's right to seek an abortion is based on the ___________

Accepted Answer

right of privacy

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due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

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Ninth Amendment

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equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 2

Which of the following examples is an action that the Supreme Court decided was a protected form of symbolic speech?

Accepted Answer

The burning of the American flag in public

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Blocking the entrance of an abortion clinic

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The burning of a draft registration card by a Vietnam War protester

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The newspaper publication of the "Pentagon Papers"

Question 3

If the constitutions of most states included bills of rights why was it important for the Bill of Rights found in the Constitution to be applied to state law?

Accepted Answer

Each state's judicial system interpreted the rights differently

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Naturalists believed it was important to have a single, unified system of rights

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It was necessary to prevent states from claiming preeminence in this area

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Each state's legislature continued to change these rights and liberties

Question 4

Which statement about the PATRIOT Act is correct

Accepted Answer

The PATRIOT Act permits the government to secretly search a suspected terrorist's home

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled the PATRIOT Act violates the Fourth Amendment

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National Security Letters are mandatory for activities conducted by the FBI according to the PATRIOT Act.

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The PATRIOT Act crated clear definitions between law enforcement agencies and intelligence arms of the governmdnt

Question 5

Exceptions to the Miranda rule exist but a larger threat to its continuing survival is _______

Accepted Answer

the use of digital camera to record interrogations

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Congressional legislation that invalidates Miranda v. Arizona

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a more liberal Supreme Court

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state policies that have expanded rights of the accused

Question 6

The free exercise clause of the US Constitution is best exemplified by __________

Accepted Answer

the separation of church and state

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the prosecution of polygamy under federal law

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the establishment of a free public education system

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The prosecution of criminals under religious legal jurisprudence

Question 7

In Soborne v Ohio the Supreme Court ruled that states can outlaw the possession of child pronography in the home, because _________

Accepted Answer

ownership of child pornography perpetuates the commercial demand for the exploitation of children

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child pornography encourages deviant behavior

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children may be living in the home

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child pornography universally violates community standards

Question 8

Concerns that have arisen in recent years regarding the death penalty are related to _________

Accepted Answer

the lethal injection method used to cause the convicted person's death

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the need to create a more precise judicial process to decide death penalty cases

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the execution of individual that happened to be juveniles when the crime was committed

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a desire to convert cases related to the death penalty from the state courts to the federal courts

Question 9

The Supreme Court has ruled that state tax dollars can be spent on bus transportation, on diagnostic services for speech and hearing problems, and on textbooks for students at private schools because _________

Accepted Answer

aid to assist the individual child and aid to further the state's goal of public safety have been deemed constitutional

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most of the funs used came from non tax resources rather than tax resources of the state

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the Constitution provides that all children shall have access to these services

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of the provisions of the Child Protection Act of 1947 and the case of Roseweek v Stein

Question 10

Campus speech codes at state universities _________

Accepted Answer

are usually ruled unconstitutional but continue to exert in the United States

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are often opposed by students at liberal arts colleges and universities

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involved only symbolic speech

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are usually ruled unconstitutional and no longer exist in the United States

Question 11

What shapes the true nature of the ivil liberties and rights we possess?

Accepted Answer

judicial interpretation

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presidential signing statements

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law review articles

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congressional veto overrides

Question 12

The exclusionary rule is part of the Fourth Amendment's guarantee ________

Accepted Answer

against unreasonable searches and seizures

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against unreasonable questioning

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of trial by jury

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against double jeopardy

Question 13

The requirement that persons under arrest be informed of their legal rights, including right to counsel, is known as the ____________

Accepted Answer

Miranda rule

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exclusionary rule

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Mapp rule

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equal representation policy

Question 14

The Bill or Rights guarantees the right of the people to peacable assembly, but the Supreme Court has allowed local government to _________

Accepted Answer

require permits for parades and demonstrations, thus allowing officials to control traffic and prevent demonstrations from turning into riots

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regulate the size of any and all assemblies

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limit the size of demonstrations

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prohibit demonstrations stated in religious enclaves

Question 15

________ give law enforcement official opportunities to track offenders and, consequently, constitute potential threats to the right to privacy.

Accepted Answer

Wireless technologies

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Movie subscription services

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Landline phone class

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Red-light cameras

Question 16

From 1972 to 1976 the death penalty _______

Accepted Answer

was prohibited because the Supreme Court deemed laws too vague and wanted more precise laws enacted to ensure consistency

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was prohibited because the Innocence Project determined that 17 innocent individuals were serving time on death row

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was prohibited because Congress removed the power of juries to impose the death penalty in capital cases

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limited executions to only those enacted by means of electrocution or firing squad

Question 17

Those who oppose the PATRIOT Act argue that it violates the constitutional protection against ________

Accepted Answer

unreasonable searches and seizures

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cruel and unusual punishment

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the establishment of religion

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unequal treatment under the law

Question 18

The Westobro Baptist Church has successfully defended its right to _________ as free speech

Accepted Answer

demonstrate at the funeral services of member of the military killed in Afghanistan and Iraq

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burn copies of th Quran on the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks

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march through largely Jewish suburbs of Chicago

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distribute information about the church door-to-door

Question 19

when Congress tightened the requirements for search warrants under the PATRIOT Act, _______

Accepted Answer

the FBI began to use National Security Letters to obtain communication recoreds

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the CIA made requirements for warrants such more lenient

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civil liberties organization objected on the grounds that national security might suffer

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the President signed an executive order allowing wiretaps to be permitted without a warrant

Question 20

Libel and slander most closely come into conflict with the constitutional guarantee of ________

Accepted Answer

free speech

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due process

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equal protection under the law

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the right to privacy

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