The minimum number of justices required to vote in favor or granting certiorari to
review a case is:
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 1
In a civil case, the party bringing suit is represented by:
a. the prosecutor
b. a plaintiff’s lawyer
c. a defense attorney
d. the public defender’s office
For a search to have occurred, government agents must make physical entry into
someone’s property.
a. True
b. False
The U.S. Supreme Court’s chief function is as an appellate court.
a. True
b. False
The Amendment that guarantees the right against unreasonable searches and seizures is
the:
a. Fifth Amendment
b. Sixth Amendment
c. Fourth Amendment
d. Eighth Amendment
Women were granted the right to vote:
a. through the Emancipation Proclamation.
b. 50 years before discrimination based on race was prohibited.
c. at the same time discrimination based on race was prohibited.
d. 50 years after discrimination based on race was prohibited.
The current Supreme Court:
a. overwhelmingly supports judicial review.
b. is impartial on the issue of judicial review.
c. supports the expansion of rights for offenders within the criminal justice system.
d. is perceived to be a “law and order” court that supports expanded discretionary
authority for criminal justice professionals.
In Wilson v. Seiter, the Supreme Court ruled that prisoners must not only prove prison
conditions are objectively cruel and unusual but also show that they exist because of
officials’:
a. culpable negligence
b. deliberate indifference
c. criminal negligence
d. willful disregard of the conditions.
Probable cause to arrest means officers reasonably believe that a crime has been
committed by the person whom they seek to arrest.
a. True
b. False
Some members of the first Congress wanted the 10th amendment to limit the federal
government powers just as the _________ had done.
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Mayflower Compact
d. Federalist Papers
The Second Continental Congress resulted in all of the following, except:
a. the naming of George Washington as Commander of the Continental Army.
b. the battles at Lexington and Concord.
c. instructing each colony to assume the powers of independent states.
d. the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The Amendment which requires a grand jury indictment in felony cases, prohibits
double jeopardy and provides the right against self-incrimination is the:
a. Fifth Amendment
b. Eighth Amendment
c. Sixth Amendment
d. Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court placed restrictions on the censorship of inmate mail in:
a. Prewitt v. State of Arizona ex rel. Eyman (1969).
b. Procunier v. Martinez (1974).
c. City of Ladue v. Gilleo (1994).
d. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997).
The government may detain dangerous defendants who become incompetent to stand
trial.
a. True
b. False
A legal opinion contains a statement of the legal issues presented, but not the relevant
rules of law.
a. True
b. False
The Supreme Court held that obscenity is not a constitutionally protected form of free
speech in:
a. Near v. Minnesota.
b. Cohen v. Cowles Media Company.
c. Roth v. United States.
d. the Zenger case.
Congress’ power “to provide for the calling forth of the Militia to execute the laws of
the Union” was granted by:
a. United States v. Cruikshank
b. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
c. The Third Amendment
d. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Selective incorporation has been used to incorporate the entire Bill of Rights to the
states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
a. True
b. False
When government agents are lawfully executing a warrant they:
a. must obtain another warrant if they find additional illegal items.
b. can seize any contraband, even if not specified in the warrant.
c. can continue searching the premises after what was specified in the warrant is found.
d. can take anything they want for any reason.
During the Colonial Period, a standing army was not possible due to a lack of funding
and personnel.
a. True
b. False
After 1967, Courts held that constitutional protections were implicated only when the
government physically intruded into persons, houses, papers or effects.
a. True
b. False
The Supreme Court effectively set an expiration date on the right to counsel invocation
by announcing a new “14 day break in custody” rule in:
a. Edwards v. Arizona
b. Arizona v. Roberson
c. United States v. Dunn
d. Maryland v. Shatzer
For the purposes of Miranda, the case that established that the ultimate determinant of
whether a person is in custody is whether the suspect has been subjected to formal
arrest or to equivalent restraints on their freedom of movement was
a. California v. Beheler
b. California v. Gold
c. Terry v. Ohio
d. Oregon v. Mathiason
General searches are:
a. routinely done by police.
b. never constitutional.
c. permitted if authorized by a warrant.
d. permitted in cases where the suspect is found to be armed.
Representing oneself does not preclude a later claim of ineffective assistance of
counsel.
a. True
b. False
Protected forms of speech include all of the following, except:
a. burning the American flag.
b. protesting abortion clinics.
c. advocating the violent overthrow of the government.
d. swearing at a law enforcement officer.
The Supreme Court held that officers who were in hot pursuit of an armed robbery
suspect acted reasonably when they entered the house and began to search for the man
because “the Fourth Amendment does not require police officers to delay in the course
of an investigation if to do so would gravely endanger their lives or the lives of others”
in:
a. Payton v. New York
b. Warden v. Hayden
c. United States v. Watson
d. Tennessee v. Garner
Exceptions to the warrant requirement include
a. plain feel.
b. plain view.
c. open fields.
d. All of the above.
States’ rights proponents asserted that:
a. everyone in the state has a right to keep and bear arms.
b. gun control should not be the business of federal government.
c. the Second Amendment was adopted with the primary purpose of preserving the state
militia.
d. gun control laws protect and modify Article 8, Section 23 of the Constitution,
allowing the president to declare war on other nations.
The brief detention of a person based on specific and articulable facts for the purpose of
investigating suspicious activity is known as
a. a BOLO.
b. an arrest.
c. an interview.
d. a stop.
Discuss how the Sixth Amendment interacts with the First Amendment.
The __________, written in the fifth century B.C., distinguished public and private
laws and influenced legal thought throughout the Middle Ages.
The ____ attempted to strike a balance between the federal government’s power and
that of the states, while maintaining individual freedom.
Denying bail on the basis of danger to the community or of risk to not appear at trial is
known as ____________.
Justice William Douglas supported the proposition that stiff laws governing the
purchase and possession of pistols can be enacted in the case of _____________.
Discuss capital punishment in the United Statesits history, how the Supreme Court has
viewed it, and how and on whom it may be carried out.
_________ programs are sometimes referred to as ethnic-preference or
gender-preference programs.
An out-of-court statement used to prove the truth of the matter asserted is known
as_______.
__________interrogation triggers the requirement to read Miranda rights.
The requirement that laws themselves be applied fairly refers to ________due process.
Discuss the evolution of the “imminent lawless action” test.
__________includes anything that is illegal for people to own or have in their
possession.
A ________identification procedure is when only one individual is shown to the victim
or witness.
Explain when an arrest may be made.
Explain the significance of the Ninth Amendment relative to federal power.
An opinion that agrees with the majority is called a _________opinion.