Civil Liberties

Which of the following is true about "double jeopardy"?

All of the above

According to the Supreme Court, which of the following forms of expression is protected by the Constitution?

Burning the flag of the United States

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

Federal government only

Both Gitlow v. New York and New York Times v. Sullivan are United States Supreme Court cases that dealt with which of the following amendments to the United States Constitutions?

First Amendment

Legislation forbidding flag burning was deemed unconstitutional because it violated the

First Amendment's definition of citizenship

Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's

Fourteenth Amendment

The Sixth Amendment case that established a defendant's right to an attorney was

Gideon v. Wainwright

Which of the following best describes a purpose of the Establishment Clause?

It prohibits Congress from establishing a state religion

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 court case that established a three part test to determine if the government violates the establishment clause is

Lemon v. Kurtzman

The court case that incorporated the Second Amendment was

McDonald v. Chicago

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the U.S. Bill of Rights?

Most provisions of the Bill of Rights are still not binding upon the states.

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

Prohibits the setting up of a state church

Civil liberties are primarily concerned with which of the following?

Protecting individuals from the unrestricted power of government

Which of the following is true about constitution limits or allowances regarding free speech?

Protestors do not have a constitutional right to disrupt traffic or block sidewalks

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

Some rights are fundamental and should not be subject to majoritarian control (i.e., what the majority wants) z

The constitutional provision holding that government should follow fair and regular procedures in actions that might lead to an individual's suffering loss of life, liberty, or property is known as which of the following?

The Due Process Clause

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

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

The death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment

When the police err, violating am individual's constitutional rights to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures or for self-incrimination, the evidence obtained as a result of the police misconduct or mistake cannot be used against the defendant. This is known as which of this following?

The exclusionary rule

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

The Supreme Court has ruled that freedom of expression is a fundamental right. May government restrict freedom of expression?

Yes, but only if the government can demonstrate a compelling public interest in restricting freedom of expression

The "wall of separation" doctrine refers to the

division of church and state

The process of extending the protections of the Bill of Rights by means of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to the actions of state governments is known as

incorporation

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

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

privacy implied in the Bill of Rights

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

right of privacy

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

Miller v. California created a three part test to judge obscenity. Each of the following is a part of the test EXCEPT

the person or persons depicted or described are minors

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

unfair police investigation

The free-exercise clause protects

voluntary prayer by student groups before school