Unit 2

Question 1

Race is a ____ classification due to the nature of past discrimination.

Answer 1

suspect

Question 2

Amendment used for selective incorporation

Answer 2

14th

Question 3

The 50 states are covered by 11 ___ of the fed. judiciary.

Answer 3

circuits

Question 4

Prior restraint is ___ of publication.

Answer 4

censorship

Question 5

To apply a Bill of Rights protection to the states is called ____ incorporation.

Answer 5

censorship

Question 6

Segregation required by law

Answer 6

de jure

Question 7

An ____ curiae brief is filed by a “friend of the court”

Answer 7

amicus

Question 8

A writ of _____ means “send up the case” for review by a higher court

Answer 8

certiorari

Question 9

Test used to frustrate the 15th Amendment

Answer 9

literacy tests

Question 10

The quantity of students targeted for a constitutional affirmative action program

Answer 10

critical mass

Question 11

The rule that prohibits the state from using evidence obtained unconstitutionality

Answer 11

exclusionary rule

Question 12

An option written when a justice agrees with a majority but for different reasons.

Answer 12

concurring

Question 13

In NJ an officer must have ______ suspicion before asking for content to search.

Answer 13

articulable

Question 14

A violation of equal protection is a violation of your ______.

Answer 14

civil rights

Question 15

A school official needs _____ suspicion before conducting a search of a student.

Answer 15

Reasonable

Question 16

Segregation that occurs due to patterns in society.

Answer 16

De Facto

Question 17

“let the decision stand”

Answer 17

Stare Decisis

Question 18

A focus on the political ideology of a nominated judge

Answer 18

Litmus Test

Question 19

Flag burning is an example of ____ speech

Answer 19

Symbolic

Question 20

Gov’t action is likely to be constitutional if there is a _________ state interest.

Answer 20

compelling

Question 21

Protects you from being prosecuted again if found “not guilty”

Answer 21

Double Jeopardy

Question 22

Compelling state interest is a part of the supreme court’s _________ test.

Answer 22

Strict Scrutiny

Question 23

Chief justice appointed by Reagan.

Answer 23

Rehnquist

Question 24

A police officer usually needs _______ in order to search

Answer 24

probable cause

Question 25

To bring a lawsuit you must have ____

Answer 25

standling

Question 26

The right against self - ______ is in the 5th Amendment

Answer 26

incrimination

Question 27

Most rights of the criminally accused are found in the _____ amendment

Answer 27

6th`

Question 28

To _____ is to disagree with the court’s majority

Answer 28

Dissent