Question 1

Discuss the rulings in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2013). Explain what type of protected speech the rulings were based on.

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In Citizens United v. Federal Election C...

Question 2

Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by which of the following?

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A)   Separation of powers
B)   Judicial review
C)   Fifth Amendment
D)   Eighth Amendment
E)   First AmendmentF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

Discuss what makes an action a privilege instead of a right. Based on that distinction, give examples of privileges, and explain why they are not rights.

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An action is considered a privilege rath...

Question 4

Which of the following amendments has been construed to extend a constitutional limit on national power to state governments?

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A)   First Amendment
B)   Ninth Amendment
C)   Fifth Amendment
D)   Fourteenth Amendment
E)   Tenth AmendmentF) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 5

Discuss how the Supreme Court has clarified abortion rights since the original Roe v. Wade ruling. How would you characterize these clarifications ideologically?

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Since the original Roe v. Wade ruling in...

Question 6

What did the Supreme Court rule in Planned Parenthood v. Casey?

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A)   It broadened existing federal restrictions on the availability of abortion.
B)   It voided the "undue burden" test that had been used for rulings on the abortion issue.
C)   It accepted the validity of Justice O'Connor's position that state abortion restrictions are allowable if they are not "unduly burdensome."
D)   It established the "trimester" scheme, in which restrictions on abortion may be different in the first, second, and third trimesters of a pregnancy.
E)   It outlawed abortions funded with federal funds.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

What are the statements that police are required to make to a person before that person may be subjected to in-custody questioning known as?

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A)   Cross-examination
B)   Exclusionary rules
C)   Interrogations
D)   Jailhouse rights
E)   Miranda warningsF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

The Lemon test includes determining whether a law does which of the following?

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A)   The government or individuals face harm.
B)   The government has a compelling state interest.
C)   Government involvement meets the standards of rational basis review.
D)   Government involvement advances a particular religion.
E)   The government has the ability to tax religious property.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

How are the issues of birth control and abortion viewed in terms of the "right to privacy"?

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The issues of birth control and abortion...

Question 10

Describe the protections in the Bill of Rights for those accused of crimes.

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The Bill of Rights provides several prot...

Question 11

Discuss the protections provided in the Constitution for the right to privacy. Identify the Supreme Court cases that established the right to privacy in personal and public life.

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The right to privacy is not explicitly m...

Question 12

Over time, the Supreme Court has used which of the following provisions of the Constitution to apply the specifics of the Bill of Rights to the states?

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A)   Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause
B)   Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause
C)   Tenth Amendment
D)   Palko v. Connecticut precedent
E)   Gideon's ruleF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

Describe the religious freedom protections afforded in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

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The First Amendment of the United States...

Question 14

Discuss the rights given in the Sixth Amendment. Explain how Gideon v. Wainwright clarified some of those rights.

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The Sixth Amendment of the United States...

Question 15

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution collectively known as?

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A)   Articles of Confederation
B)   Bill of Rights
C)   Code of Rights
D)   Magna Carta
E)   Rules of lawF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

Explain what the incorporation doctrine is. Discuss how compatible it is with the ruling in McDonald v. Chicago.

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The incorporation doctrine is a legal pr...

Question 17

Discuss the three parts of the Lemon test.

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The Lemon test is a three-part test used...

Question 18

As originally written, the Bill of Rights limited the activities of which level(s)  of government?

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A)   Both national and state
B)   Neither national nor state
C)   National government, but not state
D)   State government but not national
E)   National, state, and local governmentF) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 19

Explain what the exclusionary rule is. Discuss how the Court applied the rule in Riley v. California (2014).

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The exclusionary rule is a legal princip...

Question 20

Explain the issue of school prayer including the court cases that have brought us to where we are today.

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The issue of school prayer has been a co...

Exam 15: Order and Civil Liberties

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