Exam 6: The Constitution

Freedom of speech is an absolute constitutional guarantee.

List the basic concepts of the United States Constitution.

Explain the minimum rationality approach.

Freedom of speech provides the freedom to express ideas antagonistic to those of the majority.

Classifications directed at race, national origin, and legitimacy of birth are _____ classes.

Snow Crystals Inc., a leading skate park construction company, had constructed a skate park with a charter in the state of Alaska. A few years later, when the state authority sanctioned the Nightingale Bridge Company to build a bridge that would use the land where the skate park was already constructed, the proprietors of Snow Crystals claimed that the state authority had broken its agreement with Snow Crystals, and thus the contract had been violated. The owners claimed that the charter had implied exclusive rights to Snow Crystals Inc. Which of the following should be applied to enable Snow Crystals Inc. avail justice?

Which of the following is true about the strict scrutiny approach?

Explain the quasi-strict scrutiny approach.

The separation of powers between levels of government is known as federalism.

The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

Hungry Hogs Corporation, an international hotdog eatery produced a misleading television advertisement. One of the ads compared the nutritional value of their hotdogs to the burgers sold by Gobble Up Inc. The ad stated that two hotdogs of Hungry Hogs contained 30 grams of fat, whereas, one burger of Gobble Up Inc. contained 52 grams. This ad led to a good consumer response. However, an anti-restaurant political group filed a complaint with a federal institution. The federal institution issued an order prohibiting Hungry Hogs from making health-compatibility statements about its products without scientific evidence. This instance of regulation on advertising of health-compatibility statements about food products is an example of a limitation on _____.

Explain the strict scrutiny approach.

What is a libel?

Libel cases compensate individuals for harm inflicted by defamatory printed falsehoods.

Under the minimum rationality approach, a _____ qualifies as a legitimate goal of government.

When various laws are not consistent, which of the following is given first priority?

Under the strict scrutiny test, a classification will be a denial of equal protection unless the classification is necessary to achieve a compelling state purpose.

Luke, Rocky, Nelly, and Mario are graffiti artists who belong to a minority community. They spray paints on a public wall in their city. They create designs and paintings on the wall depicting political and social issues that affect their community. This way, they protest against unfair practices. Which form of first amendment protection are these artists engaging themselves in?

The federal government recognizes that states have no sovereignty.

The establishment clause and the free exercise clause guarantee freedom of religion through the separation of church and state.