POS 101 - Week 4

Question 1

Civil Liberties

Answer 1

restraining the government’s actions for all individuals

Question 2

Everson v. Board of Education

Answer 2

separation of church and state

Question 3

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Answer 3

must have secular purpose, may neither advance of prohibit religion; no excessive government entanglement

Question 4

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 4

extended the regulatory powers of national government

Question 5

Griswold v. Connecticut

Answer 5

right to privacy

Question 6

Mapp v. Ohio

Answer 6

prohibits the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial

Question 7

Incorporation Theory

Answer 7

most of the protections of the Bill of Rights extend to the states

Question 8

Speech

Answer 8

form of expression recognized or prohibited by law

Question 9

What are the 3 types of speech?

Answer 9

• Commercial Speech
• Symbolic Speech
• Prohibited Speech

Question 10

Commercial Speech

Answer 10

statements related to advertising

Question 11

Symbolic Speech

Answer 11

non-verbal expressions of beliefs; expressive conduct

Question 12

Prohibited Speech

Answer 12

dangerous, defamatory, and obscene

Question 13

What are the 3 types of prohibited speech? Define each.

Answer 13

• Dangerous (clearly poses a threat to public order and safety)
• Libel (written defamation of a person’s character)
• Slander (public utterance of a false statement designed to harm the reputation of another)

Question 14

Which amendments are crime-related?

Answer 14

• 4th
• 5th
• 6th
• 8th

Question 15

Which amendments are privacy-related?

Answer 15

• 3rd
• 4th