Constitutional Law: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition

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

The Supreme Court has held that burning an American flag is protected by the First Amendment if it is done as a political expression. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE In Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), the Court invalidated a law that made it a crime to give information or advice

Advertising is protected by the First Amendment unless it is false and misleading. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The Constitution is the supreme law of the land because it says that it is. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The federal government has the power to spend for the "general welfare." Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Cross burning is never

Juvenile cases are not subject to due process requirements. Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE Answer: FALSE 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 Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The Due Process Clause authorizes any individual who commits sex offenses

The Court upheld a state law on statutory rape involving minors that applied to men but not to women. Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE The Supreme Court has held that drug testing of new mothers by a state hospital to detect criminal activity, which was reported to law enforcement, was unreasonable Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE Answer: TRUE As