Deck 6: Constitutional Law

Question 1

Criminal and civil court processes are government primarily by

A) procedural due process
B) substantive due process
C) state law only
D) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The right to privacy stems from the Due Process Clause.
Multiple Choice

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which right is not protected by the First Amendment?

A) freedom of religion
B) freedom of press
C) freedom of assembly
D) freedom from unreasonable searches

Question 5

Constitutional law is found both in the Constitution itself and in Supreme Court case law interpreting the Constitution.

Question 6

The Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Carr that when apportionment of voting districts is disproportionate, the Equal Protect Clause is violated. This became known as

A) the doctrine of checks and balances
B) disproportionate voting
C) one man-one vote rule
D) none of the above

Question 7

The Incorporation Doctrine

A) is another phrase for checks and balances
B) refers to the application of the Bill of Rights to the states
C) is derived from an interpretation of the 14th Amendment
D) both b and c

Question 8

The First Amendment prohibits the government from making laws respecting both the establishment of religion and the free exercise of religion.

Question 9

The most important amendment in the development of civil rights legislation limiting discrimination by the states is the 14th Amendment.

Question 10

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted pursuant to congressional power under the Interstate Commerce Clause.

Question 11

The Equal Protection Clause

A) has always been held to prohibit the practice of separate but equal
B) prohibits a school from considering race in its admissions policies
C) is found in the 14th Amendment
D) all of the above

Question 12

Which of the following types of speech is not protected by the Constitution?

A) political speech
B) advertising
C) obscene material
D) none of the above; they are all protected

Question 13

The statement, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal," is found

A) in the original Constitution
B) in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
C) in the Preamble to the Constitution
D) in the Declaration of Independence

Question 14

Freedom of speech protects only political speech; it does not include speech such as advertising.

Question 15

State support for religious schools

A) is allowable as long as the money is not used for religious purposes
B) is unconstitutional because of the entanglement of church and state
C) is unconstitutional because it violates the Free Exercise Clause
D) both b and c

Question 16

As originally drafted, the U.S. Constitution consisted of
A) seven articles

A) seven articles and twenty-seven amendments
B) seven articles and the bill of rights
C) only a preamble

Question 17

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment limits the government's power to interfere with a person's practice of his or her religion.

Question 18

The Free Exercise Clause requires states to allow individual to use peyote during religious ceremonies.

Question 19

The power of judicial review

A) is part of the system of separation of powers
B) was first recognized in the case of Marbury v. Madison
C) is expressly found in the original articles of the Constitution
D) was first recognized in the case of Brown v. Board. of Education

Question 20

The doctrine of separation of powers refers to the power of the courts to determine the constitutionality of statutory law.