Exam 4: Civil Liberties

Describe the piecemeal nationalization of the Bill of Rights. What issue is at stake with the nationalization of the Bill of Rights? What was the Supreme Court justices' earliest interpretation of the scope of the Bill of Rights? How did the Fourteenth Amendment challenge this interpretation? Describe the process, under the Palko test, of selective incorporation.

________ imprisons more of its people than any other country on earth.

________ is most closely associated with the idea that the First Amendment protects the "marketplace of ideas."

In what year was freedom of speech extended to protect against the acts of state governments?

Near v. Minnesota (1931) established the principle that

Which of the following is the best description of the Supreme Court's first ruling on the issue of the nationalization of the Bill of Rights in 1833?

The Bill of Rights was written because

Not all speech is treated equally. What forms of speech have received the highest levels of protection? Why have the Supreme Court justices developed two tiers of speech protection? Describe some of the types of speech that have received lower levels of constitutional protection than political speech. What recent controversies involve speech that does not receive absolute protection?

Since 1973, the right to an abortion has been

The decision in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992) suggests that

The exclusionary rule was applied to all levels of government by the Supreme Court justices in ________.

________ is a court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court and shown the cause for detention.

Van Orden v. Perry (2005) and McCreary v. ACLU (2005) illustrate that

The ________ rule forbids the introduction in trial of any piece of evidence obtained illegally.

Justice Potter Stewart was talking about ________ when he declared "I know it when I see it."

The process by which the Supreme Court justices have expanded specific parts of the Bill of Rights to protect citizens against state and federal actions is called ________.

Which of the following would NOT be an example of speech plus?

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) was significant because it

________ was largely responsible for getting a series of constitutional amendment proposals passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that would ultimately become known as the Bill of Rights.

The Supreme Court justices do not give full protection to fighting words because