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.
The Framers of the Constitution were heavily influenced by the theory of __________,
in which rights are seen as inherently belonging to individuals.
a. divine right
b. inherent powers
c. primogeniture
d. natural rights
The voting age in all elections was lowered to eighteen with the ratification of the
_____ to the Constitution in _____.
a. Twenty-Sixth Amendment; 1971
b. Twenty-Third Amendment; 1965
c. Twentieth Amendment; 1960
d. Nineteenth Amendment; 1949
The writ of __________________ enables a court of law to review a custodial situation
and order the release of an individual who is found to have been illegally held in
custody.
a. certiorari
b. assistance
c. mandamus
d. None of the above is true.
To prevent assisted suicide in the state of _____________, the legislature enacted a law
providing that “[a] person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he knowingly
causes or aids another person to attempt suicide,” which was held unconstitutional in
1994.
a. Tennessee
b. New York
c. California
d. Washington
In____________, the Court struck down a state law that permitted public officials to
seek an injunction to stop publication of any “malicious, scandalous and defamatory
newspaper, magazine or other periodical.”
a. Near v. Minnesota (1931)
b. New York Times Company v. United States (1971)
c. United States v. Progressive (1979)
d. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
When a law or policy impinges on a right explicitly protected by the Constitution, such
as the right to vote, it is subjected to ________ judicial scrutiny by the Supreme Court,
also known as the compelling government interest test.
a. minimal
b. intermediate
c. strict
d. None of the above is true.
In _______________, the Supreme Court recognized that the sidewalks surrounding the
Court’s own building in Washington, D.C. qualified as a public forum and struck down
the federal law forbidding use of that space for picketing or handing out leaflets.
a. Perry Educational Association v. Perry Local Educators’ Association (1983)
b. Lloyd Corporation v. Tanner (1972)
c. Schenck v. United States (1919)
d. United States v. Grace (1983)
In _______________, the Supreme Court amplified its decision in Board of Education
v. Dowell (1991) by permitting a federal district court that for many years had
supervised desegregation of the DeKalb County, Georgia, schools to relinquish
supervision over certain aspects of school administration.
a. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
b. Keyes v. Denver School District (1973)
c. Missouri v. Jenkins (1995)
d. Freeman v. Pitts (1992)
_______ once wrote, “This term [“property”] in its particular application means “that
dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in
exclusion of every other individual.” In its larger and juster meaning, it embraces
everything to which a man may attach a value and have a right; and which leaves to
everyone else the like advantage. In the former sense, a man’s land, or merchandise, or
money is called his property. In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions
and the free communication of them.”
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. John Adams
c. James Madison
d. Alexander Hamilton
The Supreme Court has consistently maintained that ____________ is not protected by
the First Amendment.
a. obscenity
b. symbolic speech
c. political association
d. All of the above are true.
In _____________,the Supreme Court struck down an at-large election scheme in
Burke County, Georgia, on the basis that there was discriminatory intent on the part of
public officials.
a. Thornburgh v. Gingles (1985)
b. Mobile v. Bolden (1980)
c. Shaw v. Reno (1993)
d. Rogers v. Lodge (1982)
Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution provides that “Treason against the United
States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their enemies,
giving them ________________.”
a. Information
b. Munitions or Plans of War
c. Aid and Comfort
d. None of the above is true.