Question 1

Which of the following countries comes closest to the United States in terms of the percentage of its citizens who are behind bars?

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A)  Singapore
B)  Japan
C)  Great Britain
D)  Romania
E)  RussiaF) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

In Mapp v.Ohio,the selective incorporation process was extended to include

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A)  criminal proceedings in the states.
B)  civil cases.
C)  pleas of insanity.
D)  children (minors) accused of crime.
E)  indigent litigants.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

When can police legally begin their interrogation of a suspect?

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A)  immediately upon arrest
B)  after the suspect has been warned that his or her words can be used as evidence
C)  only after the suspect has met with an attorney
D)  after the suspect has been arrested and is in the custody of the police
E)  after the suspect has been formally charged with a specific crimeF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 4

In its 2011 Snyder v.Phelps ruling,the Supreme Court held that Westboro Baptist Church protests at military funerals

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A)  were unconstitutional because the funerals were military,but they would have been constitutional at civilian funerals.
B)  would need specific prior approval by a federal judge.
C)  were a constitutionally protected form of free speech.
D)  could not be considered constitutionally protected freedom of assembly.
E)  were a state matter and must be decided on a case-by-case basis in state courts.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 5

The U.S.A.Patriot Act

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A)  grants the government new powers of surveillance.
B)  relaxed restrictions on the sharing of intelligence surveillance information with criminal investigators.
C)  gives intelligence agencies the authority to share crime-related information with law enforcement agencies.
D)  was enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.
E)  All of these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The Supreme Court

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A)  has ruled that even forms of symbolic speech considered to be dangerous to the public are protected.
B)  ruled during the Vietnam war that the burning of draft registration cards was a protected form of symbolic speech.
C)  has reduced its protections of symbolic speech dramatically,and recently has ruled against flag burning as a form of protected symbolic speech.
D)  has protected symbolic speech much more substantially than it has protected verbal speech.
E)  has generally protected symbolic speech,though less substantially than it has protected verbal speech.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

According to the Supreme Court,prayer in public schools violates

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A)  the free exercise clause.
B)  the establishment clause.
C)  the exclusionary rule.
D)  procedural due process.
E)  the clear and present danger test.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Explain the concept of prior restraint of the press.Include one example of how the Supreme Court has ruled on this issue.

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Question 9

How did the Supreme Court's position on the rights of the accused in state courts change in the 1960s?

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A)  The Supreme Court began to allow states greater freedom to interpret the rights of the accused.
B)  The Supreme Court began to dramatically reduce federal power to force the states to make special accommodations for the rights of accused minorities.
C)  The Supreme Court began to protect the rights of the accused from action by the states.
D)  The Supreme Court position did not change noticeably.
E)  The Supreme Court ceased to enforce the practice of selective incorporation.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 10

According to the Supreme Court,which is true regarding freedom of assembly?

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A)  Individuals have the right to command immediate access to a public auditorium.
B)  Individuals have the right to hold a public rally in the middle of a busy intersection at a time of their choosing.
C)  Public officials can regulate the time,place,and conditions of public assembly,provided the regulations are reasonable.
D)  Public officials can prohibit assembly by unpopular groups.
E)  Freedom of assembly is an absolute right,because it is in the First Amendment.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

The Miranda warning was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000 in

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A)  Palko v.Connecticut.
B)  Stenberg v.Carhart.
C)  Reno v.ACLU.
D)  Ferguson v.Charleston.
E)  Dickerson v.United States.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

What is meant by selective incorporation? Discuss the history of this process and its importance to the protection of individual rights.

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Selective incorporation refers to the ab...

Question 13

Libel applies to defamation of an individual's reputation through the

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A)  written word.
B)  spoken word.
C)  written and spoken word.
D)  written,spoken,and symbolic word.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following,relative to the others,is typically more protective of individual rights?

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A)  the U.S.Congress
B)  the general public
C)  public opinion
D)  the presidency
E)  the judiciaryEssay QuestionsF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

Since the 1980s,the Supreme Court has addressed the exclusionary rule by

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A)  expanding its application to virtually all criminal cases both at the state and federal levels.
B)  determining that the rule was unconstitutional,in that it weakened the effectiveness of the police in maintaining an orderly society.
C)  expanding its application to federal cases only.
D)  expanding its application to state cases only.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

In the 2014 case of Burwell v.Hobby Lobby Stores,the Supreme Court ruled that

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A)  the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act does not require employers to provide insurance for employees.
B)  companies with only a few owners can refuse,on religious grounds,to include contraceptives in employees' health coverage.
C)  businesses can decide which employees deserve employer-paid health insurance based on employee performance.
D)  the free exercise of religion clause in the First Amendment does not apply to the secular business practices of corporations.
E)  All of these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 17

What was the main conclusion of the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v.Heller and its 2010 decision in McDonald v.Chicago?

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A)  The Second Amendment applies only to federal law,not state law.
B)  Cities and states can ban gun ownership,but the federal government cannot.
C)  Citizens are allowed to own guns for legitimate purposes,such as protecting the home.
D)  Governments can ban ownership of guns,except for people who serve in the military or the National Guard.
E)  Governments cannot place any restrictions on gun ownership.F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

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A)  allowing the prosecution an unlimited number of challenges in capital cases
B)  preventing convicted persons in capital cases from filing an appeal
C)  preventing the prosecution from challenging jury selections in felony cases
D)  the failure to provide low income defendants with court-appointed lawyers
E)  encouragement of low income defendants to act as their own attorneyF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

Which constitutional amendment protects the individual against self-incrimination?

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A)  First
B)  Second
C)  Fourth
D)  Fifth
E)  NinthF) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Which of the following is true about the Sedition Act of 1798?

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A)  The Act prohibited malicious newspaper stories about the president.
B)  The Supreme Court ruled the Act unconstitutional.
C)  The Senate voted it down,while the House passed it.
D)  Thomas Jefferson strongly supported it.
E)  The state governments refused to enforce it.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Exam 4: Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights

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The U.S.A.Patriot Act

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