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As expressed in the text,which of the following expresses the United Nations declaration on hate speech?


A) The United Nations' declaration protects hate speech to the same degree as courts in the U.S. discussed in the text.
B) The United Nations' declaration states that speech is only recognized as "hate speech" if it is gender-based.
C) The United Nations' declaration states that speech is only recognized as "hate speech" if it is racially based.
D) The United Nations' declaration states that hate speech is not a protected form of expression.
E) There is no United Nations declaration on hate speech because that body expressly determined that any decision on the matter should be postponed.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Which of the following prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states when those nonresidents engage in ordinary and essential activities such as seeking employment?


A) The full faith and credit clause
B) The privileges and immunities clause
C) The contract clause
D) The citizens' rights clause
E) The first amendment

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?


A) Second
B) Fourth
C) Fifth
D) Eighth
E) Tenth

F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

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Federal laws include laws passed by federal administrative agencies.

A) True
B) False

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If a law prevents individuals from exercising a fundamental right,the law will be subject to ___.


A) Intermediate scrutiny
B) Rational basis scrutiny
C) Severe scrutiny
D) Strict scrutiny
E) Legal scrutiny

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The U.S.Constitution explicitly allows courts to review legislative and executive actions to determine whether they are constitutional.

A) True
B) False

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False

What does the free-exercise clause of the First Amendment provide?


A) Government cannot make a law prohibiting choice in relation to religion.
B) Government cannot make a law establishing a religion.
C) Government cannot make a law referencing religion in any manner.
D) Government must establish laws respecting religion in order to prevent disruptive behavior such as terrorism and to allow free-exercise by the majority.
E) That only religions recognized when the First Amendment was passed are entitled to recognition and protection.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Christen who just turned eighteen is out with several friends.They decide to see a movie,but it is sold out.Christen hid in the back of the theatre and yelled "Fire" as loudly as she could.Everyone ran out of the theatre,and a number got in their vehicles and left.Christen and her friends thought that seeing the movie was now possible.Unfortunately,a theatre employee saw Christen yelling,called the police,and she was arrested.Christen told the police officers that she was only exercising her free speech rights.She also told the police that the theatre employee lied and that she personally saw him stealing popcorn.The theatre employee told Christen that he was going to sue for defamation,and she told him that she would win based on her right to free speech.Discuss whether or not Christen is right on both counts and why.

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Which of the following is true regarding the right of the federal government to obtain business books and records?


A) The government has an absolute right to business books and records so long as a subpoena is issued by a grand jury.
B) The government has no rights to such records without a search warrant, and a grand jury subpoena is insufficient regardless of whether a sole proprietor or a corporate shareholder is involved.
C) Obtaining books and records from a sole shareholder of a corporation and also from a sole proprietor based only upon a subpoena issued by a grand jury violates the right against self-incrimination.
D) Obtaining books and records from a sole proprietor based only on a subpoena from a grand jury violates the owner's rights against self-incrimination, but seizing records from a sole shareholder of a corporation in that manner does not violate rights against self-incrimination.
E) Obtaining books and records from a sole shareholder of a corporation based only on a subpoena from a grand jury violates the shareholder's rights against self-incrimination, but seizing records from a sole proprietor in that manner does not violate rights against self-incrimination.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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The fourteenth amendment is part of the Bill of Rights.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is true regarding the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination?


A) A person only has to be a witness against himself or herself if a felony is involved.
B) A person does not have to be a witness against himself or herself if a first criminal offense is involved.
C) A person does not have to be a witness against himself or herself if prison time is involved as opposed to a mere fine.
D) A person does not have to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case.
E) A person has to be a witness against himself or herself.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following is true regarding laws passed by the U.S.Congress under the authority of the commerce clause?


A) As long as the law affects commerce among the states, or interstate commerce, in some way, the regulation is generally constitutional.
B) The law will only be constitutional if it affects taxation in some way.
C) As long as the law involves in some way a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, it is constitutional.
D) As long as the law is approved by any state affected, it is constitutional.
E) As long as the law is not objected to by any state affected within six months of its passage, it is constitutional.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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What are the three independent branches of the federal government?


A) Legislative, executive, and judicial.
B) Legislative, commerce, and safety.
C) Commerce, safety, and law enforcement.
D) Executive, safety, and law enforcement.
E) Law enforcement, judicial, and statutory.

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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Which of the following was the result in Family Winemakers of California v.Jenkins,the case brought by winemakers from California challenging a Massachusetts law distinguishing between how large and small winemakers could distribute their wines in Massachusetts?


A) That the law impermissibly discriminated against out-of-state winemakers in violation of the Commerce Clause.
B) That the law permissibly discriminated against out-of-state winemakers and did not violate the commerce clause.
C) That the law impermissibly discriminated against out-of-state winemakers in violation of the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
D) That the law impermissibly discriminated against out-of-state winemakers in violation of the Webb-Kenyon Acts.
E) That the law did not discriminate against out-of-state winemakers and that, therefore, no violation occurred.

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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The U.S.Constitution allocates the power of the federal government among _____ branches of the government.


A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
E) Six

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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B

Which of the following is true regarding the ability of individual states to collect sales tax on Internet transactions?


A) Individual states may without restriction collect sales tax from merchants on items purchased through the Internet by in-state residents.
B) Only with permission of Congress, granted on a state-by-state basis, may individual states collect from merchants sales tax on items purchased through the Internet by in-state residents.
C) States cannot collect sales tax on Internet sales from merchants nor may a state require that its citizens report Internet purchases so that they may be taxed.
D) A state cannot collect sales tax from merchants unless sales to the state's citizens amount to more than 1 million in the aggregate.
E) A state can collect sales tax from a merchant only if the merchant has a store or distribution center in the state.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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According to the ______ Amendment to the Constitution,all powers that the Constitution neither gives exclusively to the federal government nor takes from the states are reserved for the states.


A) First
B) Second
C) Fifth
D) Sixth
E) Tenth

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Which clause provides that the Constitution,laws,and treaties of the United States constitute the supreme law of the land?


A) The First Amendment, clause three
B) The supremacy clause
C) The commerce clause
D) The Eighth Amendment, clause one
E) The federalism clause

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following was the result at the U.S.Supreme Court level in United States v.Lopez,the case in which the Court addressed the constitutionality of the Gun-Free School Zone Act?


A) The Court ruled that the law was a valid exercise of congressional authority under the full faith and credit clause.
B) The Court ruled that the law was a valid exercise of congressional authority contained within the Bill of Rights.
C) The Court ruled that Congress exceeded its power under the Bill of Rights when it passed the act.
D) The Court ruled that Congress exceeded its commerce clause authority when it passed the act.
E) The Court ruled that the law was a valid exercise of the Court's authority under the commerce clause.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Which of the following was the result at the U.S.Supreme Court level in Christy Brzonkala v.Antonio Morrison,the case in the text involving the constitutionality of the section of the Violence Against Women Act providing for a civil remedy?


A) That Congress lacked authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the section at issue.
B) That because of its police powers, Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the section at issue.
C) That because gender-motivated crimes were at issue, Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the section at issue.
D) That because violent crime was involved, Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the section at issue.
E) That because the petitioner established a link between the cost of crime against women and national productivity, Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to pass the section at issue.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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