Exam 4: Civil Liberties

According to the _________ to the U.S. Constitution, each state has the right to maintain a volunteer armed force. A) Second Amendment B) Seventh Amendment C) Ninth Amendment D) Tenth Amendment

George studies in a private institution. Because he comes from a low-income family, his parents use educational certificates provided by the state government to pay for George's educational expenses. In the given scenario, George's parents are most likely using a(n) _____.

The Miranda warnings inform criminal suspects of their fundamental duties on their arrest.

The Supreme Court was particularly active during the 1960s in broadening its interpretation of _____ to ensure that states and localities could not infringe on civil liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.

In June 2015, Republican libertarians united with left-leaning Democrats in an attempt to place limits on the activities of the National Security Agency. This resulted in the creation of the _________. A) USA Freedom Act B) USA Privacy Act C) Mayflower Compact D) Bill of Rights

In the 1963 case of _________, the Supreme Court held that if a person is accused of a felony and cannot afford an attorney, an attorney must be made available to the accused person at the government's expense. A) Roe v. Wade B) Gideon v. Wainwright C) Griswold v. Connecticut D) California v. Miller

Which of the following is a requirement for a state's school aid to a parochial school to be deemed constitutional?

A law that limits a fundamental right will be held to violate substantive due process, unless:

Four decades after the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), abortion remains a controversial issue. How has the Court ruled in cases involving legislative restrictions on abortion?

The practice of posting online sexually explicit photographs or videos of a former partner is called _________. A) sedition B) prostitution C) phishing D) revenge porn

Which of the following statements is true of the free exercise clause of the First Amendment?

The _________, which essentially states that illegally obtained evidence is not admissible in court, was extended to state court proceedings in 1961. A) exclusionary rule B) Miranda warning C) supremacy clause D) establishment clause

The _____ prohibits Congress from passing laws "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Many of the civil liberties of U.S. citizens were added to the Constitution by the _____, which was ratified in 1791.

Which of the following statements is true of commercial speech?

Which of the following rights is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution?

Sean, a middle-aged unemployed man, is accused of the assault and murder of an old woman. Despite being found at the crime scene with the murder weapon, the police officer in charge warns Sean that he has the right to remain silent and that anything he says can be used against him. In this case, the police officer is reading Sean _____.

Identify a true statement about prior restraint.

Which of the following statements is true of seditious speech?

Bob posted sexually explicit photographs of his former partner on BeFriend, a social media site, to harass her. He even included her name and address in the post to ensure her mental harassment. In this scenario, Bob can be convicted of _____.