Exam 4: Civil Liberties and Public Policy

What did Abington School District v.Schempp find to be unconstitutional?

In Engel v.Vitale,the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to require schoolchildren to do which of the following?

Gitlow v.New York,in which the Supreme Court held that freedom of speech and of the press are fundamental liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states,began the development of the __________ doctrine.

The USA Patriot Act allows the government to __________.

In Barron v.Baltimore,the Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights limits __________,not __________,activity.

In the 1960s,the Supreme Court aroused the wrath of many Americans with rulings like that in Engel v.Vitale regarding which controversial religious issue?

One part of the __________ test asks whether the law has a legitimate secular purpose.

Explain the evolution of the incorporation doctrine.

The incorporation doctrine makes the protections of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which of the following amendments?

An early effort to define __________ focused on whether the material had any serious literary,artistic,political,or scientific value.

Which of the following rights has the Supreme Court found to be one of the penumbras of unstated liberties linked to explicitly stated rights?

A knowingly false and malicious article accusing Barack Obama of being a drug addict in order to defame his character is an example of __________.

Since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Gregg v.Georgia,how many people have been executed in the United States?

The double jeopardy clause prevents an individual who is acquitted of a crime from which of the following?

All juries in the United States have 12 jurors.

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can limit abortions if the regulations do not pose which of the following?

The USA Patriot Act enhances the government's ability to do which of the following?

Planned Parenthood v.Casey held that a state could limit abortions as long as the regulation did not pose an undue burden on pregnant women.

What is the right to privacy? Explain the Supreme Court's decision that the constitution protects the right to privacy.

The exclusionary rule prohibits police from using illegally seized evidence at trial.