Exam 2 GOVERNMENT 2305

In order for police roadblocks to check drivers to be legal, they must conform to which of the following?

-They must be systematic and not arbitrary. -They can be used to check for signs of alcohol intoxication.

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Supreme Court ruled that enemy combatant detainees were protected by which of the following?

-the Geneva Convention -the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice

Which of the following constitutional protections were at issue in the Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona?

-the right to an attorney -the right to remain silent

The inevitable discovery exception

-was developed in the case of Nix v. Williams (1984) -allows admission of tainted evidence in certain cases. -states that exclusion of physical evidence that would have been found anyway has no effect on the fairness of a trial.

In which decade did the election of "tough on crime" candidates lead to state legislatures enacting stiffer penalties for crime while also limiting judges' abilities to reduce sentences for nonviolent crimes of first-time offenders? Multiple choice question.

1990s

What has the Supreme Court ruled concerning police use of modern technology, such as listening or thermal-imaging devices, to investigate a subject?

A search warrant is required, just as it would be for other circumstances.

True or false: The right to appeal after conviction is guaranteed in the Constitution.

False

Which amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals from testifying against themselves in a court of law?

Fifth

Which amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures?

Fourth

The Supreme Court determined that privacy rights extend to consensual activity between same-sex partners in

Lawrence v. Texas.

The Supreme Court decision that determined that the right to privacy extended to include abortion is

Roe v. Wade.

The right to legal counsel is a ______ Amendment protection.

Sixth

What was challenged by Lawrence v. Texas (2003)?

Texas's sodomy laws

What unique circumstance existed at the time of the Korematsu v. United States decision?

The nation was at war.

True or false: Although it is a core principle for most Americans, the right to privacy is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.

True

The exclusionary rule is based on the Supreme Court decision in

Weeks v. United States (1914).

The importance of listing individual rights in the Constitution is that it gives individuals who feel that their rights have been violated

a basis for taking the alleged violation into a court of law for a ruling by a judge.

Which of the following best describes the subject under consideration in Roe v. Wade?

abortion

In the case of Korematsu v. United States, the courts.

allowed government polices during wartime that would not be allowed in times of peace.

In its rulings in Riley v. California (2014) and United States v. Wurie (2014), the Supreme Court compared the search of a suspect's cell phone or similar electronic device to

an exhaustive search of a suspect's home.

In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot lawfully

ban sexual relations between consenting same-sex adults

Under the Fifth Amendment, suspects

charged with a federal crime cannot be tried unless indicted by a grand jury

The exclusionary rule restricts the ability of

courts to admit illegally obtained evidence during a trial.

Which of the following is likely to convince a judge that police should be issued a search warrant?

establishing probable cause for believing a crime has been committed

The case of Carpenter v. United States (2018) dealt with the issue of the warrantless search of a cell phone in order to

identify the locations at which cell phone calls were placed

The Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners should generally appeal their cases first

in state courts.

Some critics argue that which of the following have weakened the exclusionary rule almost to the point that it applies only to extreme forms of police misconduct?

inevitable discovery exception good faith exception plain view exception

As a result of changes in sentencing policies, the U.S. prison population, per capita,

is the largest in the world.

Which of these groups is typically more protective of individual rights?

judges

The Supreme Court has generally held that those convicted in state courts and who appeal on the grounds that their federal constitutional rights were violated are limited to

one appeal.

Which of the following states that evidence is admissible when it is immediately visible in the course of stopping a person for another infraction?

plain view exception

The right of an individual to be left alone without any interference from others is known as the right to

privacy.

Which term describes the set of procedures authorities must follow before a person can be lawfully punished for an offense?

procedural due process

The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments

provide that no person can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

In a 2010 CNN survey, 2 in 5 Americans stated that individuals arrested by police on suspicion of terrorism

should not be read their Miranda rights.

Griswold v. Connecticut was a case dealing with

the right to privacy.

Which of the following amendments contribute to ensuring criminal due process?

the Sixth Amendment the Eighth Amendment the Fourth Amendment the Fifth Amendment

Which of the following acts of legislation after the September 11 terrorist attacks gave government greater surveillance power to monitor phone calls and emails without a warrant or court order?

the USA Patriot Act

Which of the following allows the admission into trial of otherwise excludable evidence if the evidence was obtained by police who thought they were following proper procedure?.

the good faith exception

In the 1963 Gideon case, the Supreme Court established that

the government must provide lawyers to individuals who cannot afford their own attorney

Which of the following is NOT considered a Sixth Amendment protection?

the right to bear arms

Griswold v. Connecticut is the landmark case that established the right to privacy. The case involved the question of whether a state can prohibit

the use of contraceptives by a married couple.

The USA Patriot Act was passed

to combat terrorism.

Which of the following is a right of the accused that is protected by the Fifth Amendment?

to have a grand jury weigh the prosecution's evidence

In Hamden v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of secret military tribunals to try detainees accused of terrorism was ______, as detainees were entitled to a trial affording all the guarantees contained in the Constitution.

unconstitutional

The Supreme Court consistently ruled that the George W. Bush administration's practice of denying constitutional and legal protections to enemy combatants was

under the jurisdiction of the United States courts.

In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court ruled that restrictions on abortion were legal so long as they didn't place an ______ ____ on a woman's right to obtain an abortion. Multiple choice question.

undue burden