The court considered all of the following in Board of Education v Earls(2002) except:
a. the ramifications of a failed UA on the student (for example, legal sanctions,
academic discipline).
b. the type of extra-curricular activity the tested students wanted to engage in.
c. the nature of the school’s/government’s concerns and the effectiveness of the drug
testing policy in addressing those concerns.
d. the character of the intrusion on privacy imposed by the testing policy.
According to the Supreme Court:
a. the Sixth Amendment guarantees a twelve member jury.
b. the Framers clearly intended to impose the requirement of a twelve member jury on
the states.
c. the twelve member jury was an historical accident.
d. a twelve member jury is required to arrive at a proper verdict.
In U.S. v. Sokolow, involving the stop of a suspected drug smuggler based on a “drug
courier profile,” the Supreme Court held that:
a. drug courier profiles are unconstitutional
b. drug courier profiles must be supported by a showing of probable cause
c. some of the reasonable suspicion can be based on a drug courier profile as long as the
totality of circumstances supports such suspicion
d. reasonable suspicion is always supported if a suspect falls within a drug courier
profile
Over time memory:
a. fades and witnesses recognize this problem.
b. fades, but witnesses develop greater confidence about their recall ability.
c. improves, but witnesses do not have confidence in this fact.
d. improves and witnesses recognize this fact.
According to the __________, the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation trumps the
interpretation of all other courts, federal and local, and of Congress and all state and
local legislatures.
a. Supremacy clause
b. Principle of judicial review
c. Supervisory power clause
d. Supreme review clause
Justice Black, dissenting in Katz v. United States,argued that the Fourth Amendment
was meant to only extend protection to tangible things and places.
a. True
b. False
Experts theorize that the greatest threat to an innocent person being convicted is:
a. prosecutorial misconduct.
b. police misconduct.
c. mistaken identification of strangers.
d. judicial misconduct.
According to the Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment requires that the police take
suspects detained without arrest warrants promptly to a judge or magistrate for a
determination of probable cause.
a. True
b. False
Every state jurisdiction has created a statutory right to appeal.
a. True
b. False