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Laws that require additional punishment for repeat offenders (three strikes laws) most often violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The right to travel from one state to another is protected by the Due Process Clause of […]

The Supreme Court has held that burning an American flag is protected by the First Amendment if it is done as a political expression. In Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), the Court invalidated a law that made it […]

Advertising is protected by the First Amendment unless it is false and misleading. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land because it says that it is. Answer: TRUE The federal government has the power to spend for the […]

Juvenile cases are not subject to due process requirements. In the Slaughter-House Cases, the Court held that the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not incorporate any of the Bill of Rights. Answer: TRUE The Due Process […]

The Court upheld a state law on statutory rape involving minors that applied to men but not to women. The Supreme Court has held that drug testing of new mothers by a state hospital to detect criminal activity, which was […]