part 4 ka
Based on previous rulings, the Supreme Court is most likely to view a case concerning which of the following as a violation of the Sixth Amendment?
A Court refuses to provide a defendant a lawyer even though she cannot afford one
Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
A minor is sentenced to the death penalty
Which of the following governmental policies would the author most likely support?
A state university admissions program that takes race into account as part of an individual's overall record
Which of the following statements describes how Congress responded to this situation?
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?
Decided that segregation in schools violates the equal protection clauseDecided that the right to privacy extends to a woman's right to have an abortion
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?
Declared that the state had violated the Sixth AmendmentDeclared that the state had violated the Second Amendment
Daniel Adams, at a town meeting in Townshend, Massachusetts, 1787 Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
Individual liberties must be secured against governmental intrusions by specific language in foundational documents
Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the Roe v. Wade (1973) decision?
It incorporated a woman's right to privacy when having an abortion to state and local governments
Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
Marriage is a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection and due process clauses
Which of the following scenarios is an example of how a state can restrict protected speech under the First Amendment?
New York passes a law banning groups from staging protests in major highways during rush hour traffic
Supporters of Justice Holmes's argument could point to which of the following cases?
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?
The Constitution is colorblind and any racial classifications, even when used to help minorities, are harmful to society
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?
The Constitution only forbids racial classifications when they are designed to harm minorities, not help them
Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon?
The USA PATRIOT Act has given the government too much power to perform searches, which should be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment
Which of the following constitutional provisions guarantees that "sameness [is] made legal" in King's argument?
The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Which of the following constitutional clauses does this case have in common with Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
The establishment clause
Which of the following constitutional clauses does this case have in common with Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)?
The free exercise clause
Daniel Adams, at a town meeting in Townshend, Massachusetts, 1787 Which of the following statements best summarizes the author's argument?
A bill of rights would protect civil liberties such as freedom of religion
Based on previous rulings, the Supreme Court is most likely to view a case concerning which of the following as a symbolic speech case?
A man who was arrested for waving a Nazi flag at a rally
The establishment clause is best defined as which of the following?
A provision of the First Amendment which prohibits the federal government from making an official American religion
Which of the following scenarios would most likely be considered a violation of the Fifth Amendment?
A suspect is not informed that anything he says while under arrest can be used in his trial against him
Which of the following scenarios would be considered a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
A university establishes race-based quotas in their admission policy
Which of the following cases did the Court use as precedent in their decision?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two cases?
Established a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" even in cases involving national securityRuled that speech creating a "clear and present danger" is not constitutionally protected
Which of the following accurately describes the information presented in the pie charts?
Female athletes represented a larger proportion of total high school athletes in 2011-2012 than in 1971-1972
Which of the following scenarios would likely be considered an unconstitutional use of state power under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Florida passes a law denying legal counsel to suspected terrorists
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?
Incorporated a right to legal counselIncorporated the right to bear arms for self-defense
Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) decision?
It limited the federal government's power to censor free speech or the publication of classified information
Which statement accurately summarizes the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision?
It protected African-American rights to attend any public school and ruled that race-based school segregation unconstitutional
Which of the following statements best explains why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a significant political event?
It removed structural barriers to minority voting
-Associate Justice Elena Kagan, opinion of the Court in Cooper v. Harris, 2017 Based on the text above, which of the following statements would the author agree with
Majority-minority districts are unconstitutional when those districts are created based on racial differences
Supporters of Scalia's view that handgun bans violate Second Amendment rights could cite which of the following Supreme Court cases to support their argument?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the cartoon?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
In 1993, the Supreme Court struck down the formation of North Carolina's 12th congressional district (shown in pink) in Shaw v. Reno (1993). Which of the following best explains why the court ruled against North Carolina?
North Carolina formed an oddly-shaped district that was a majority-minority district
Which of the following actions may Congress take to advance civil rights?
Pass a law requiring that all schools receiving federal funding comply with desegregation efforts
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?
The Bill of Rights implies that there is a right to privacy that the government cannot infringe upon
Which of the following constitutional provisions limits the power of the federal government to collect digital metadata as described by Senator Wyden?
The Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in this passage?
The Second Amendment does not protect a person's right to have a weapon for self-defense
When the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1789, the amendments protected civil liberties infringement from which levels of government?
The federal government only
Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
The question of whether or not a right applies to the states as well as the federal government can be answered by considering if the right is "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty"
Which of the following civil liberties is protected under the Second Amendment?
The right to own guns
Based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
There should be a "heavy presumption against prior restraint" of freedom of speech
Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?
Used the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause to extend the right to privacy to a woman's decision to have an abortionIncorporated the Second Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause
