AP Gov Final

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

A person's right to know the reasons for his or her imprisonment

Which of the following rulings is most likely to say the supreme courts decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 1969 as a legal precedent in support of decision?

A ruling in favor of students to print their opinions in a school newspaper

Which of the following most likely be protected by the First Amendment?

A student wears a black armband at school to protest government involvement in a war

Which of the following illustrates a situation that would not be protected by the First Amendment due to time, place, and manner restrictions?

Antibusiness protestors are arrested and prosecuted for shutting down major intersections in New York City's Times Square during rush hour.

Which of the following is a similarity between the views expressed in the excerpt above and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "letter from Birmingham Jail"?

Both Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. argued for the continued use of non-violence to further their causes.

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that "the doctrine of separate but equal has no place" in the Constitution?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

To enforce the 14th Amendment more clearly, Congress passed the...

Civil Rights Act of 1964

According to the quote, what is the likely affect of the Court's ruling in the Bakke case?

Colleges can consider race but cannot use strict racial quotas in admission practices.

Which of the following is a primary function of the Senate Judiciary committee?

Conducting hearings on judicial appointments made by the president

The number of justices in the United States Supreme Court is set by

Congress

Which of the following is empowered to create new federal courts and specify the number of judges who will sit on them?

Congress

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

Division of church and state

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 were all directed towards the goal of...

Equality for women

To which level of government did the Bill of Rights originally apply?

Federal government only

The President privately discusses with a stop a decision to increase economic sanctions on Iran. 45 decisions made a draft of the proposals lead to reporter. The president orders a reporter in her newspaper to suspend the publication of the plan, citing issues of national and economic security. Which of the following best in dictates how a court would rule in this case of the Supreme Court's ruling in the New York Times Company v. United States (1971) was used as a precedent?

Freedom of the press includes a heavy presumption against government censorship, and the documents can be published by the press

In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton argued that the federal judiciary "is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power." Which of the following statements represents a reason he gave for this argument?

It must depend on the executive for enforcement of its decisions

The clear-and-present danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could...

Limit free speech

Which of the following United States Supreme Court cases established the principle of judicial review?

Marbury v. Madison

In The Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton states, "a constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental tall law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning." Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the statement?

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Which of the following scenarios best explains the inclusion of Title IX as a part of the Education Amendments of 1972?

Members of Congress added the amendment to the bill in response to social movements seeking to address inequality in education for women.

Jim Crow laws, still in place in the early 1960s in the South, we're outlawed by the..

Passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that

Police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest

The establishment clause In the First Amendment does which of the following?

Prohibits the setting up of a state church.

The difference between an appellate court and a District Court is an appellate court

Reviews previous court decisions

In the case of McDonald v. Chicago (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense was applicable to the states. This ruling is an example of the application of the doctrine of...

Selective incorporation

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Georgia law violated the U.S. Constitution. In response to Chief Justice John Marshall's majority opinion, President Andrew Jackson said, "John Marshall has made his decision, not let him enforce it." Which of the following ideas regarding government does President Jackson's statement exhibit?

Since the Supreme Court has no enforcement mechanism, the executive and legislative branches can restrict its decisions

The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was based on which of the following?

The Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection

Which of the following amendments to the Constitution most likely provides the basis for a driver to challenge the constitutionality of police use of sobriety checkpoints in enforcing drunk driving laws?

The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure

In McDonald v. Chicago (2010), the United States Supreme Court stated that,"self-defense is a basic right, recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to present day" and that an individual's right to bear arms was,"deeply rooted in this nations history and tradition." The quote points to which of the following amendments to the United States Constitution as a basis to limit state action?

The Second Amendment

Which of the following did the most to expand civil rights in the 1950s?

The Supreme Court decision declaring state-mandated school segregation to be unconstitutional

Which of the following statements accurately describes the selection of the caseload for the United States Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court is free to choose the cases it hears with only a few limitations

The framers of the constitution designed which of the following to be least responsive to public opinion?

The courts

The Supreme Court has ruled which of the following concerning the death penalty?

The death penalty is not necessarily cruel and usual punishment.

All the following statements reflect positions the Supreme Court has taken with regard to the right of free speech except:

There are no acceptable governmental restrictions on free speech.

The free-exercise clause protects

Voluntary prayer by student groups before school

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant political event because it

Was instrumental in increasing the number of African-American and other minority voters

In which of the following situations with the Supreme Court be most likely to utilize a doctrine of selective incorporation?

When an individual claims that a right protected by the Bill of Rights is infringed upon by a state

The Supreme Court's power of judicial review permits the court to overrule all the following except: a) lower-court decisions b) State legislation c) acts of Congress d) The Bill of Rights e) executive orders

d) The Bill of Rights

The idea that judges ought to freely strike down laws that are inconsistent with their understanding of the Constitution is known as

judicial activism

The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision upheld a woman's right to secure an abortion was based on the right to

privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

In Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the...

Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel provision applies to those accused of major crimes under state laws

A United States Supreme Court justice has announced his retirement at the end of the current Supreme Court term. What is the most likely presidential action in response to the announcement?

Nominate a federal judge who shares the presidents ideology

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War

The data illustrates that most conservatives believe that the United States Constitution

Outlines a framework for government that the Supreme Court should apply strictly regardless of the political or personal preferences of judges

Which of the following is a principle underlying the Bill of Rights?

Some rights are fundamental and should not be subject to majoritarian control.

The Supreme Court's decision in Marbury v. Madison (1803) relates to the foundational documents in which of the following ways?

The Federalist 78 is about the power and roll a federal courts, and in Marbury v. Madison, Madison expands that role by giving the courts the power to determine whether laws or executive actions conflict with the Constitution.

The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to incorporate the bill of rights in the state law?

The Fourteenth Amendment

The clause of the United States Constitution that was used in the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954 was

The equal protection clause

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the Supreme Court and public opinion?

The existence of a public consensus on an issue limits the extent to which the court will render decisions contrary to that consensus

Which of the following was likely result of the decision Wickard v. Filburn that contributed to the courts leader decision in United States v. Lopez(1995)?

The expansive interpretation of the commerce clause by the Supreme Court which greatly extended the power of Congress drew criticism that eventually lead to a more narrow interpretation

The Washington post received a top-secret report the details how the executive branch mishandled A deal made with a foreign nation regarding nuclear weapons. The executive branch attempts to stop the publishing of the report, but the publisher said the president and New York Times Company v. United States (1971) establishing which of the following legal rules?

The heavy presumption against prior restraint

The doctrine of original intent holds that

The meaning of the Constitution depends on the intention of the framers