What is the likely effect of the Court’s ruling in the Bakke case?

Colleges can consider race but can.t use strict racial quotas in admissions

Which of the following would most likely be protected by the First Amendment?

Student wears a black armband at school to protest gov involvement in a war

Prohibits the fed. gov. from promoting religion or creating a nat. religion

Which of the following is most likely to cite the Tinker v. Des Moines as a legal precedent in support of the decision?

A ruling in favor of students to print their opinions in a school newspaper

Which of the following uses of affirmative action would the US Supreme Court likely consider unconstitutional?

State university refuses acceptance of new applicants from a specific race

Which of the following headlines is most relevant to the political cartoon?

Nixon Administration Goes to Court to Stop Pentagon Papers Release

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

struck down local ordinances that prescribed segregation.

Protects individual’s religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices

Which of the following reflects the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) ?

Woman’s right to abortion was a privacy right incorp. to all of the states

In which of the following would the Supreme Court be most likely to utilize the doctrine of selective incorporation?

Individual claims a right protected by the BoR is infringed upon by a state

Which of the following scenarios best explains the inclusion of Title IX as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 ?

Response to social movements seeking to address inequality in edu for women

In Engle v. Vitale the Supreme Court ruled

that there was a clear establishment clause violation

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1
In McDonald v. Chicago the Supreme Court used ______________ to apply the second amendment to the states
Equal protection
Full faith and credit
Selective incorporation
Eminent domain
2
What is the likely effect of the Court’s ruling in the Bakke case?
Colleges can consider race but can.t use strict racial quotas in admissions
Colleges and universities stopped considering race as a fact
Aff. action practices can never be employed in college admission decisions.
The decision affected the admissions practices only at private colleges
3
Which of the following would most likely be protected by the First Amendment?
Reporter knowingly publishes false story that hurts the subject’s rep.
An individual issues a threat against another individual on social media
Student wears a black armband at school to protest gov involvement in a war
An indiv spray paints graffiti on a public building to protest a gov action
4
Many opponents of capital punishment use the ________, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, in their arguments.
Sixteenth Amendment
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Second Amendment
Eighth Amendment
5
Police officers find illegal drugs while searching a home w/out a warrant. Which proevents them using this in a trial?
The writ of habeas corpus
The exclusionary rule
The Miranda warning
The protection against ex post facto
6
The right to burn a flag is protected by the first amendment
True
False
7
Establishment Clause
Prohibits the fed. gov. from promoting religion or creating a nat. religion
Ensures students must attend public school regardless of religious views
Used by founders to establish Christianity as the national religion
8
Which of the following is most likely to cite the Tinker v. Des Moines as a legal precedent in support of the decision?
A ruling supporting the creation of gun-free zones in public schools
A ruling in favor of students to print their opinions in a school newspaper
Ruling enforcing mandatory vaccination for all kids before attending school
Ruling against a public school’s practice of having prayer at assemblies
9
You're protected from self-incrimination under the
5th amendment
7th amendment
6th amendment
8th amendment
10
Which of the following attributes of the political cartoon would best represent the government’s use of prior restraint?
The word “democracy” written on the building
The fallen pillars
The standing pillars
11
Which of the following uses of affirmative action would the US Supreme Court likely consider unconstitutional?
Company actively recruits women and minorities in its hiring for a contract
DoT hires company known for hiring and promoting women & minorities
Race is considered as one of many other factors in colege admissions
State university refuses acceptance of new applicants from a specific race
12
Obscenity is protected by the first amendment
True
False
13
Which of the following headlines is most relevant to the political cartoon?
Supreme Court Rules High School Students May Silently Protest Vietnam War
War Protestor Presented “Clear and Present Danger” Says Court
Supreme Court Hears Flag Burning Case
Nixon Administration Goes to Court to Stop Pentagon Papers Release
14
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
was elated to school bussing
was primarily about the application of the commerce clause to address seg.
ruled that the fed gov did not have the authority to address segregation.
struck down local ordinances that prescribed segregation.
15
Schenk v. United States established what test for limiting free speech?
Clear and present danger test
Lemon test
Litmus test
Prior restraint test
16
Free Exercise Clause
Protects against school-led prayer ceremonies
Protects individual’s religious beliefs and reasonable religious practices
Not a civil liberty incorporated to states
17
Ruled a state couldn't compel kids to attend school beyond 8th grade if it violated sincerely held religious belief
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
United States v. Lopez (1995)
Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
18
Which of the following reflects the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) ?
It ruled that the case was moot
It ruled that the state had a justifiable interest to legalize abortion.
Woman’s right to abortion was a privacy right incorp. to all of the states
The state had an right to prohibit women of all ages from having abortions
19
In which of the following would the Supreme Court be most likely to utilize the doctrine of selective incorporation?
When there is a conflict among the branches of the national government
Fed policy shifts oversight auth from a nat to a state agency is challenged
Former employee files wrong term claim against a co hq'd in another state
Individual claims a right protected by the BoR is infringed upon by a state
20
Which of the following scenarios best explains the inclusion of Title IX as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 ?
Pressure from Lyndon Johnson to pass a bill to desegragate schools
To provide legal guidance to states to enforce the Equal Rights Amendment
Response to social movements seeking to address inequality in edu for women
To increase pay and tenure for public school teachers
21
In Engle v. Vitale the Supreme Court ruled
there was no constitutional violation
that there was a clear establishment clause violation
there was a free exercise clause violation
22
Which amendment gives you the right to have an attorney?
10th amednment
7th amendment
6th amendment
9th amendment

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