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What court case in 1966 Required that police physically read suspects their rights prior to arrest, especially the right to not incriminate themselves, and the right to a lawyer.
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Miranda vs. Arizona
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Doe vs. Bolton
Texas vs. Johnson
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A 2008 Court Case ruled that a local government is not allowed to ban handguns, the 2nd amendment confers an individual personal right to a firearm.
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Roe vs. Wade
D.C. vs Heller
Gideon vs. Wainwright
Engel vs. Vitale
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What court case in 1966 Required that police physically read suspects their rights prior to arrest, especially the right to not incriminate themselves, and the right to a lawyer.
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A 2008 Court Case ruled that a local government is not allowed to ban handguns, the 2nd amendment confers an individual personal right to a firearm.
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1962 Court case struck down the “regents prayer” which had been written by New York State to be read in its public schools. In effect this ruling took prayer out of all public schools.
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1961 case where the Supreme Court ruled that state governments also had to abide by the exclusionary rule which had been made applicable to the federal government by the Supreme Court in 1914. Evidence obtained illegally could not be admitted in court.
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2005 case where the Supreme Court let a city take private property in order to sell it to a developer despite the 5th amendment requirement of “public use”.
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1963 Supreme Court applied the “right to counsel” to the states. From then on, all states had to provide a lawyer for all defendants in any case.
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2010 ruling where the Supreme Court struck down legal restrictions which limited independent political advertising done by interest groups and corporations and said that those were protected by the 1st amendment.
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1989 Ruling, where the Supreme Court banned any state from passing laws which punished the desecration of the American flag.
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Congress is forbidden from making you become a witness against yourself, you can always plead the ________________ amendment.
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The _____________ amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
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The _____________ amendment prohibits “excessive bail” and also cruel and unusual punishments.
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The _____________ amendment guarantees the freedom to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government.
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The ____________ amendment prohibits “unreasonable” searches and seizures of a person’s “place, person or effects.”
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The ____________ amendment bans “double jeopardy” (being tried twice for the same offense)
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The ____________ amendment gives you the right to be tried by jury, to know the accusations against you, the right to present a defense, and the right to confront the witnesses against you.
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The ____________ amendment says that just because certain rights have been enumerated (numbered or listed) in the Bill of Rights, doesn’t necessarily mean that those are your ONLY rights.
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The ____________ amendment requires the government to get a warrant to search your home under most circumstances.
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The ____________ amendment forbids Congress making any law “respecting an establishment of religion.”
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Which of the following examples has been ruled to be acceptable by the Supreme Court under their establishment clause rulings?
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Which American Founding Father originated the phrase “Separation of church and state?”
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The right of the government to seize your property for public uses is called:
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How do courts determine if something is “obscene” and not worthy of first amendment protection?
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Right now, if you gave a speech which promoted violence or lawbreaking, what would the Supreme Court’s view on that be?
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Which of the following examples of Government searches would most likely require a search warrant?
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What is one un-enumerated (unlisted) right that the Supreme Court has used the 9th amendment to infer that Americans have?
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Which area is most protected from government searches in American law?
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A Criminal suspect’s confession to police is considered to be “involuntary” if:
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Which of the following quotes is not found in the Constitution?
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True or False: Juries consist of 12 people who must agree unanimously to
convict a person accused of a crime.
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True or False: According to the Supreme Court, freedom of speech is a right that only applies to individual people and not to people organized in groups or corporations.
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True or False: If the Supreme Court ever reversed their 1973 abortion decision it would only mean that abortion policy would be set state to state and the practice would likely continue in much of the country.
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What is a type of speech that would not be legally protected in the United States?
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Political liberals often strongly disagree with the ruling in which of the following cases?
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The right to form groups of ones choosing and to take collective action to promote the interests of a group of people is known as: