What case was reversed by the Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas?
A) Washington v. Glucksberg
B) Gonzalez v. Oregon
C) Bowers v. Hardwick
D) Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
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A penumbra is a:
A) lunar shadow.
B) broken umbrella.
C) type of abortion procedure.
D) confidential news source.
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What case upheld the power of the federal government to create a national bank?
A) South Dakota v. Dole
B) McCulloch v. Maryland
C) U.S. v. Morrison
D) U.S. v. Lopez
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The veto of a congressional bill by the president by retaining it until Congress is no
longer in session, neither signing nor vetoing it, is called a(n):
A) implied veto.
B) veto by implication.
C) line-item veto.
D) pocket veto.
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Before the Fourth Amendment can be applied to assess the legality of a search and
seizure, the person asserting the invalidity of the search must ________.
A) be a legal U.S. citizen
B) be a legal U.S. resident
C) have a reasonable expectation of privacy
D) not be guilty of a crime
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What law did Congress pass in an effort to reverse the consequences of the Court’s
opinion in Employment Division v. Smith?
A) Religious Equality Bill
B) The Religious Tolerance Restoration Act
C) The Religious Freedom Restoration Act
D) The Strict Scrutiny Restoration Act
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Between 1963 and 1990, which standard of review was used by the Court to evaluate
free exercise claims?
A) rational basis test
B) neutrality test
C) Lemon test
D) strict scrutiny
E) intermediate scrutiny
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For an organization to have standing, it must show:
A) that the majority of its members satisfies the standing test.
B) that it is capable of representing the members.
C) that it has a special interest and expertise in the subject of the litigation.
D) that is it registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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What is an act of the government granting a pardon for a past crime?
A) commutation of sentence
B) pardon
C) reprieve
D) amnesty
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In Marbury v. Madison the Court:
A) declared the power of judicial review and invalidated President Jefferson’s decision
to not deliver a commission of appointment.
B) declared the power of judicial review and invalidated an act of Congress extending
to its original jurisdiction in contravention to Article III.
C) declared the power of judicial review, but did not exercise it.
D) both A and B are correct.
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Each of the following cases involve age discrimination EXCEPT:
A) Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia.
B) Zablocki v. Redhail.
C) Vance v. Bradley.
D) Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents.
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What problem did James Madison address in Federalist 10 that relates to the potential
for individual interests to override the common good?
A) lobbying groups
B) splinter groups
C) factions
D) bureaucrats
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Which case does NOT involve abortion regulations?
A) Bigelow v. Virginia
B) Bellotti v. Baird
C) Harris v. McRae
D) Gonzales v. Oregon
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Within free speech jurisprudence, what term is used to describe the idea that multiple
ideas or forms of expression should compete against one another so that others may
consider them?
A) marketplace of ideas
B) global competition
C) ideas exchange commission
D) quid pro quo
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Which of the following is not an element of the “capable of repetition yet evading
review” doctrine (an exception to the mootness doctrine)?
A) A legal or factual issue that has become moot.
B) The harm is capable of reoccurring.
C) The harm is significant.
D) The harm evades review.
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What is a “penumbra?”
A) an umbrella that doubles as a pen
B) a lunar shadow
C) the name given to the most junior justice on the Court
D) the name of a website for Supreme Court opinions
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The “New Federalism” refers to:
A) the increase in federal power.
B) the increase in the significance of state constitutional law.
C) the increase in the importance of state statutory law.
D) the decrease in federal power.
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Which amendment bars the government from infringing the right to bear arms?
A) First Amendment
B) Second Amendment
C) Third Amendment
D) Fourth Amendment
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Who was primarily responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights?
A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Thomas Paine
D) James Madison
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A law that makes someone criminally liable for an act that was not criminal at the time
it was committed is called a(n):
A) Ex post facto law.
B) Bill of Attainder.
C) Act of Sedition.
D) Habeas Corpus.
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In which U.S. Supreme Court case did the court uphold delegation to the U.S.
Sentencing Commission?
A) Touby v. United States
B) Mistretta v. United States
C) Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha
D) Arizona v. California
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In which case can the following quotation be found?
“It may fairly be said that leaving accommodation to the political process will place at a
relative disadvantage those religious practices that are not widely engaged in; but that
unavoidable consequence of democratic government must be preferred to a system in
which each conscience is a law unto itself or in which judges weigh the social
importance of all laws against the centrality of all religious beliefs . . . .”
A) Engel v. Vitale
B) Lemon v. Kurtzman
C) Employment Division v. Smith
D) Abington School Dist. v. Schempp
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According to the readings, which of the following provisions has not been formally
applied to the states?
A) Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury indictment in felony cases
B) First Amendment right to peaceably assemble
C) Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination
D) Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment
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What is the minimum age requirement to serve in the U.S. Senate?
A) 21
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
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Which article under the U.S. Constitution sets forth the powers of the President?
A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) Article IV
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If an individual activity does not affect interstate commerce, but the aggregate of that
activity does, federal commerce jurisdiction exists under the:
A) Cumulative effects doctrine.
B) Dormant Commerce Clause.
C) Resulting consequences doctrine.
D) Pretext principle.
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What amendment suggests that there are more liberties than those specifically
enumerated in the Bill of Rights?
A) Third
B) Fifth
C) Ninth
D) Fourteenth
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Which of the following tests reflects the most accommodationist approach toward the
Establishment Clause?
A) Lemon test
B) Endorsement test
C) Coercion test
D) Neutrality test
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Which method of interpreting the Constitution argues that once the original intent has
been declared, change can come only through the amendment process?
A) Originalism
B) Modernistm
C) Contemporary Literalism
D) Historical Literalism
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Which of the following is NOT considered a fundamental right under the Constitution?
A) education
B) privacy
C) travel
D) marriage
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What was the basis for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit racial discrimination in
places of public accommodation?
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What is the legislative veto?
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What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in Jones v. Clinton, 520 U.S. 681 (1997)?
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Habeas ________ is Latin for “you have the body.”
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What are the forms of speech that are not protected under the First Amendment?
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In Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld
civil right legislation barring discrimination in employment and places of public
accommodation that affect inter-state ________ because Congress has the power to
regulate under Article I of the Constitution.
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A(n) ________ opinion is a judicial interpretation of a legal question requested by the
legislative or executive branch of government.
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How has the U.S. legal concepts of judicial review and a written constitution provided a
basis for other countries to follow?
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What is the automobile exception to the warrant requirement under the Fourth
Amendment?
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James ________ is known as the chief architect of the Bill of Rights.
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What does the Ninth Amendment protect?
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What is the constitutional basis for recognizing and protecting a right of privacy?
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What is the standing requirement?
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What is the scope of the Eleventh Amendment?
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What are the three instances where the preemption doctrine holds that state regulation is
precluded or invalidated by federal regulation?
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Codification is the process of turning a common law rule into a(n) ________.
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What are the “critical stages” of criminal procedure where the right to counsel exists?
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A(n) ________ is a person who supports a strong, centralized government.
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Quasi-judicial is a term applied to the ________ functions of an administrative agency.
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Some U.S. Supreme Court justices take the original ________ approach to interpreting
the Constitution and use what the legal culture understood (as opposed to what the
drafters intended) under the provision when it was originally written.
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