American Constitutional Law 6th Edition

In ____________, the Supreme Court ruled that the Privileges or Immunities Clause did not prohibit a state from denying a woman a license to practice law. a. Twining v. New Jersey (1908) b. Minor v. Happersett (1875) c. Bradwell v. Illinois (1873) d. none of the above Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The Fifth Amendment

In ______________, the Supreme Court upheld the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Act, finding that its provisions did not violate the Contracts Clause. a. Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934) b. Nebbia v. New York (1934) c.United States v. Butler (1936) d. West Coast Hotel Company v. Parrish (1937) Answer: A Answer:

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Chapter 2: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Americans of the eighteenth century, including those who wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights, generally accepted the theory of ________________ as expounded by such philosophers as John Locke. a. natural rights b. political absolutism c. utilitarianism d. primogeniture ANS: A

Chapter 3: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. For a brief period during the administration of President John Adams, the national government sought to suppress public criticism through enforcement of the __________, passed by Congress in 1798. a. Seditious Libel Act b. Northwest Ordinance c. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions d.

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Chapter 5: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. In 1761, ___________ reviled the _______________ as the worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that was ever found in an English law book. a. John Adams; writ of habeas corpus b.

Chapter 6: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. The _________________ protects the individual from unwarranted government interference in intimate personal relationships or activities. a. Fourth Amendment b. constitutional right of privacy c. Fourteenth Amendment Privileges and Immunities Clause d. Tenth Amendment ANS: B REF: 382 ANS: B REF: 382

Chapter 7: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. (1886), the Supreme Court held that the word person in the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment included _______________. a. blacks b. women c. corporations d. the unborn ANS: C REF:

Chapter 8: Exam MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished _______ as prerequisites for voting in federal elections. a. literacy tests b. citizenship requirements c. residency requirements d. poll taxes ANS: D REF: 535 ANS: D REF: 535 ANS: D REF: 535 2.

Chapter 1 Constitutional Sources of Civil Rights and Liberties CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES A. Civil Suits B. Criminal Prosecutions C. Habeas Corpus D. How Civil Rights and Liberties Cases Get to the Supreme Court C. Habeas Corpus D. How Civil Rights

Chapter 2 Property Rights and Economic Freedom CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION A. The Influence of John Locke B. Early Judicial Perspectives C. The Age of Conservative Activism D. Modern Judicial Perspectives on Economic Freedom II. THE CONTRACTS CLAUSE A. Key Decisions of the Marshall Court 1. The Dartmouth College Case

Chapter 3 Expressive Freedom and the First Amendment CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. INTERPRETIVE FOUNDATIONS OF EXPRESSIVE FREEDOM A. Incorporation of the Freedoms of Speech and Press B. Are the Protections of the First Amendment Absolute? III. THE PROHIBITION OF PRIOR RESTRAINT A. The Court Adopts the Rule against

Chapter 4 Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. INTERPRETIVE FOUNDATIONS OF THE RELIGION CLAUSES A. The Incorporation of the Religious Clauses B. What Constitutes Religion for First Amendment Purposes? 1. Religion Broadly Defined 1. Religion Broadly Defined 1. Religion Broadly Defined 2. A Working Definition

Chapter 5 The Constitution and Criminal Justice CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION A. Relevant Constitutional Provisions II. SEARCH AND SEIZURE A. Reasonable Expectations of Privacy 1. Technology and the Fourth Amendment B. Probable Cause C. The Warrant Requirement D. Confidential and Anonymous Informants E. Execution of Search Warrants F. Warrantless

Chapter 6 Personal Autonomy and the Constitutional Right of Privacy CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION A. Philosophical Foundations of the Right of Privacy II. CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY A. Substantive Due Process III. PROCREATION AND BIRTH CONTROL A. The Connecticut Birth Control Controversy B. Beyond the Marital

Chapter 7 Equal Protection and the Antidiscrimination Principle CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION A. The Equal Protection Component of the Fifth Amendment II. LEVELS OF JUDICIAL SCRUTINY IN EQUAL PROTECTION CASES A. Minimal Scrutiny: The Rational Basis Test B. The Suspect Classification Doctrine 1. Footnote 4 1. Footnote 4 1.

Chapter 8 Elections, Representation, and Voting Rights CHAPTER OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION A. The Democratization of America B. Policing the Democratic Process 1. Footnote 4 II. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN VOTING RIGHTS A. Grandfather Clauses B. The White Primary C. Literacy Tests D. Poll Taxes E. Racial Gerrymandering F. The Voting

In Frontiero v. Richardson (1973), the Supreme Court ruled that the Air Force violated the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment in requiring women, but not men, to demonstrate that their spouses were in fact dependents for the purpose of receiving medical and dental benefits. a.Frontiero v. Richardson (1973) b.

In_________, the Supreme Court held that women had no constitutional right to vote. a.Bradwell v. Illinois (1873) b. Minor v. Happersett (1875) c. Goesaert v. Cleary (1948) d. None of the above is true. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) holding that the right of privacy

In Gomilion v. Lightfoot (1960) the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional an extreme form of a. the literacy test. b. the white primary. c. the grandfather clause. d. the racial gerrymander. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D First enacted by Mississippi in 1890 as a means of preventing Blacks from voting, the _________ soon spread throughout Southern and border

Like the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Fifteenth Amendment was an outgrowth of a. the Civil War. b. the Industrial Revolution. c. Shays' Rebellion. d. the Spanish-American War. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A In Olmstead v. United States (1928), the Supreme court took a __________ view of the scope of the Fourth Amendment. a. liberal b. strict c. noninterpretivist d. libertarian Answer:

Which of the following has been held by the Supreme Court to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment? a. The provision of legislative chaplains at state expense b. The public display of a city-owned crche c. A crche prominently displayed on the grand staircase inside a county courthouse d. An arrangement featuring

___________ enables a court to review a custodial situation and order the release of an individual who is found to have been illegally incarcerated. a. The Writ of Mandamus b. Bills of Attainder c. The Writ of Habeas Corpus d. Ex Post Facto laws Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Chief Justice John Marshall recorded his only dissenting

The "__________" theory articulated in Everson v. Board of Education (1947) has, for the most part, been maintained by the Supreme Court. a. strict neutrality b. cultural diversity c. child benefit d. None of the above is true. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C In League of United Latin American Voters v. Perry (2006), the Supreme Court ________

In _____________, the Court, rejecting a Contracts Clause challenge to a state law regulating natural gas prices, recognized that the prohibition of laws impairing the obligation of contracts must be balanced against a state's "inherent police power to safeguard the vital interests of its people." a. Allied Structural Steel Company v.

To pass the Lemon test, a law must, among other things, have a a. negative impact on organized religion. b. pro-religious slant. c. secular legislative purpose. d. tendency to promote and advance the expression of religious beliefs. Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C The Framers of the Constitution were heavily influenced by the theory of __________, in which

The power of the government to take private property for a public purpose is known as a. eminent domain. b. fee simple. c. sovereign immunity. d.corpus juris maximus. Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Beginning in the late 1880s, the Supreme Court used substantive due process, as well as the Commerce Clause, the Tenth Amendment and related constitutional

In __________________, the Supreme Court upheld an apportionment scheme for the Wyoming legislature based on county lines, even though the scheme had a population deviation of nearly 90 percent between the largest and the smallest districts. a. Hadley v. Junior College District (1970) b. Avery v. Midland County (1968) c. Karcher