Exam 4: Civil Liberties

How did the events of Miranda v.Arizona lead to the police practice of reading suspects their rights upon arrest?

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

Substantive due process means that states have a legal burden to prove that their laws __________.

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

Which of the following would most likely be considered obscene under the Roth test?

Burning the American flag as a political protest is constitutionally protected symbolic speech.

In Roth v.U.S.,the U.S.Supreme Court held that material must be utterly without social importance in order to be considered __________.

What kind of speech is by its very utterance intended to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of peace?

The Sixth Amendment sets out basic requirements for which type of due process?

Which of the constitutional amendments was the first to be incorporated and applied to the states?

The Supreme Court has used selective incorporation to __________ the authority of states.

Which Supreme Court case upheld the National Firearms Act,which imposed taxes on some kinds of weapons?

The Military Commission Act of 2006 was ruled unconstitutional because it violated detainees' rights to __________.

The __________ Amendment ensures the right of a criminal defendant to confront witnesses at trial.

Which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion?

Prior restraint is a constitutional doctrine that prevents the government from prohibiting __________ before the fact.

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

What is hate speech? What efforts have been made to prevent it? What have the courts said about whether it can be restricted?

Slander is any false written statement that defames the character of a person.

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