Chapter 4 Quiz: Civil Liberties and Public Policy

Interest groups are protected under the Constitution by the

1st ammendment

Which of the following constitutional amendments is most related to the issue shown on the map? (status of captial punishment by state)

8th ammendment

Which of the following scenarios would be considered a violation of the rights of someone accused of a crime, according to the Supreme Court?

A person who is unable to afford an attorney is tried and convicted of a crime without legal representation.

Which of the following best illustrates the protection of an individual's Fifth Amendment rights?

After arrest, a suspect is informed of the right to remain silent during interrogation.

Which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?

Due process

45. (Refer to stimulus above) excerpt from mapp v ohio discussing the right to privacy, what 2 principles are addressed?

I and III (the incorperation doctrine, the exlusionary rule)

Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the article?

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Which of the following is one of the central concerns of the First Amendment?

The right of citizens to petition the government for redress of grievances

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions allows public school students to wear T-shirts protesting a school board decision that eliminates funding for high school arts programs?

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime EXCEPT the right to

negotiate a plea bargain

The "Miranda warning" represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against

unfair police interrogation

Which of the following scenarios, related to the First Amendment, best illustrates the "right . . . to petition the Government . . ." ?

A citizen calls a member of Congress to persuade her to vote yes on a bill.

Which of the following would be considered an instance in which time, place, and manner restrictions would be applied to the First Amendment?

A city enforces its laws restricting noise to limit the scale of an outdoor concert event intended to raise public awareness of climate change.

Which of the following rulings is most likely to cite the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) as a legal precedent in support of the decision?

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

Which of the following would 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 could be used as evidence to support the author's claim?

At the time the Constitution was written, laws in the states required able-bodied individuals to serve in militias.

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

Federal government only

A classified Department of Defense study on the effectiveness of the United States involvement in the Afghanistan War is obtained by a newspaper. The president seeks to block the publication of the document. The court rules in favor of the newspaper, citing as precedent the Supreme Court's decision in New York Times Co. v. United States (1971). Based on the ruling in the Supreme Court's decision, which of the following lines of reasoning does the court most likely use?

Freedom of the press requires that the government show a significant danger to national security in order to stop publication.

Which of the following is true about the right of free speech, as currently interpreted by the Supreme Court?

It protects the right to express opinions even without the actual use of words.

The card shown above was issued as a consequence of which of the following Supreme Court decisions? (miranda warning)

Miranda v. Arizona

The facts of which of the following cases are most related to the political cartoon?

New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

Which of the following headlines is most relevant to the political cartoon? (ed Stein, the rocky mountain news)

Nixon Administration Goes to Court to Stop Pentagon Papers Release

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

Prohibits the setting up of a state church

Which of the following best defines civil liberties?

Provisions in the Bill of Rights that provide guarantees against arbitrary interference by government

Which of the following pairs of cases used the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause to expand individual liberties?

Roe v Wade (1973) / Gideon v Wainwright (1963)

A group unhappy with local law enforcement distributes a memo to members encouraging physical confrontations with police officers. The leaders of the group are promptly arrested. Which of the following Supreme Court cases best justifies the actions taken by law enforcement in this scenario?

Schenck v. United States (1919)

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

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

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

After hours of interrogation by police a suspect confesses to multiple felony offenses. His attorney objected to the admission of the confession because he was not advised of his right to have an attorney present nor his protection from self-incrimination. Which amendments are most relevant to this scenario?

The Fifth and Sixth Amendments

The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?

The Fourteenth Amendment

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, "[s]elf-defense is a basic right, recognized by many legal systems from ancient times to the present day" and that an individual's right to bear arms was "deeply rooted in this Nation's 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

A public school district implemented a policy that allowed students to vote on whether they wanted a student-led prayer to be read at football games. This policy was later found to be unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. Which of the following clauses did the policy most likely violate?

The establishment clause

During an investigation, police officers find illegal drugs while searching a home for which they did not acquire a warrant. Which of the following would prevent the drugs from being used as evidence at trial?

The exclusionary rule

Which of the following best explains how poll respondents regard the relationship between the right to own guns and personal freedom? (relationship between views on civil liberties and gun ownership)

The poll shows there is an ongoing debate over whether gun control laws promote or interfere with individual rights.

Which of the following provisions of the Bill of Rights could support the actions that César Chávez is encouraging the farmworkers to take?

The right to assemble

Which of the following cases decided whether a state could compel children to attend school beyond eighth grade even if it violated the students' sincerely held religious beliefs?

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

A writ of habeas corpus refers to

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

According to the data, both gun owners and non-gun owners

chose freedom of speech as most crucial to their own liberty

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

division of church and state

The Supreme Court established the incorporation doctrine when the Court

interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as extending most of the requirements of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the federal government

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

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to

make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states

Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade are similar Supreme Court cases in that both cases are based on the

right of privacy

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 incorperation

With respect to prayer in public schools, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that

state-sponsored prayer violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment

In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that

the United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal

The free-exercise clause protects

voluntary prayer by student groups before school

The author's main argument is that the Second Amendment

was added to the Constitution to ensure that militias would have arms

According to the clear and present danger test, speech may be restricted

when it incites violent action