Chapter 4 Pre Test

Question 1

According to the 2011 case of Snyder v. Phelps, the Supreme Court ruled that protesting at military funerals as a form of symbolic speech was

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Constitutional

Question 2

Giving a speech against abortion and then distributing informational leaflets is an example of

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Speech plus

Question 3

Concerning contemporary cases about the establishment clause, the defining point in determining constitutionality in Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary Country v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky seems to be that of

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Secular versus religious purposes

Question 4

In 2008 the US Supreme Court declared that the Second Amendment protects

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An individual’s rights to possess a fire arm at home for self-defense

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Under scrutiny as more and more cases ruled through it have been overturned

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“Fighting words standard”

Question 6

In the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the Supreme Court ruled that

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Restrictions on the use of public medical facilities for abortion was constitutional

Question 7

In the 2007 case Morse v. Frederick, the Supreme Court ruled that

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Public schools could restrict student free speech in certain areas

Question 8

In the 2012 case of the United States v. Jones, and the 2014 case Riley v. California, the court has

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Ruled that digital content is protected from unwarranted government interference

Question 9

In the case of Lemon v Kurtzman, the Supreme Court held the government aid to religious schools would be accepted as constitutional if what condition was met?

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It has a secular purpose

Question 10

In the landmark and controversial Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, protections of the political speech were expanded to what

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Corporations

Question 11

McDonald v. Chicago applied which civil liberty to states for the first time?

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Right to bear arms

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Miranda rights concern

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Self-incrimination

Question 13

Perhaps one of the hallmark concepts of a constitutional democracy, _____ is
defined as a court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court and shown the cause for detention

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Habeas corpus

Question 14

Protection of citizens from improper government action is the definition of

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Civil liberties

Question 15

Selective incorporation, or the process by which different protections in the Bill of Rights were incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing citizens protection from state as well as national governments, was established in what major Supreme Court decision?

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Palko v. Connecticut

Question 16

Taking private property for public use is covered under the provision of

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Eminent domain

Question 17

The First Amendment’s ____ protects the right to believe in and practice one’s religion of choice

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Free exercise clause

Question 18

The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth amendments, taken together, define

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Due process of law

Question 19

The Supreme Court ruled in ____ that the right to privacy did extend to the private lives of homosexuals

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Lawrence v. Texas

Question 20

Under current court interpretations for the first amendment, a public official could potentially win a libel suit against the press if it can be shown that the printed material

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Was not a matter of public concern

Question 21

Which of speech is not protected under the First Amendment, even conditionally?

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Libel and slander

Question 22

Which of the following places restraints on how the government is supposed to act?

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Procedural Liberties