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QUIZ 4 CIVIL LIBERTIES

When adopted, the Bill of Rights imposed limits on which of the following?

(CORRECT ANSWER) National government

State government

All levels of government

All levels of government except national

Local or municipal governments

What can be said about the way the Supreme Court has balanced the rights of individuals and the

power of police in recent years?

The Supreme Court has pulled back from some of its more sweeping applications of the

exclusionary rule.

The Supreme Court has been more supportive of broadening the rights of individuals at the

expense of police power.

The Supreme Court has generally avoided taking positions on this issue.

The Supreme Court has not had any consistent position on this.

What is often true when no strong national mood is discernible?

(CORRECT ANSWER) The opinions of elites influence judicial thinking.

Only citizen opinion affects judicial decision making.

The Supreme Court generally does not rule on matters where there is no strong public opinion.

The Supreme Court generally defers to the executive branch.

The Supreme Court generally defers to Congress.

What is the term for the practice of law-enforcement officers taking money or valuable property

from people suspected of involvement with illegal activity, but not charged with a crime?

What is one potential virtue of the courts?

They are more representative of public opinion than the other branches.

They are more accountable given that they are elected.

They are more beholden to political action committees that fund the members.

(CORRECT ANSWER) The courts can facilitate access to government by unpopular political or

religious groups that have little access to the legislature.

The courts typically only rule with the majority.

Police had questioned Mapp in an impolite manner.

Police had used unnecessary force.

Police had refused to let Mapp contact her lawyer.

Police had spied on Mapp with binoculars.

What does the Fourth Amendment prohibit?

Cruel and unusual punishment

Involuntary quartering of soldiers

Double jeopardy

Question 10

The Patriot Act allowed what constitutionally questionable law enforcement technique to combat

terrorists?

(CORRECT ANSWER) Roving wiretaps to track communication on all types of electronic

devices

Torture of detainees suspected of having knowledge of criminal activity

Habeas Corpus

(CORRECT ANSWER) Miranda rights

Gideon's Trumpet

Griswold rights

The Supreme Court’s current definition of obscenity denies free-speech protection to which

kinds of materials or activities?

Those that depict sexuality in a way that is degrading to its subjects

Those that promote violence against women or children

(CORRECT ANSWER) Those that lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value

What must be proved for a public figure to obtain a damage award under libel laws?

That he or she has access to the public medium to disprove the charge

That the person making the claim cannot prove it

(CORRECT ANSWER) That the statement in question contained a reckless disregard for the

truth

That he or she suffered from the falsehood just as much as a private person

That the statement caused damage, regardless of its truth

Which of the following is an exception to the exclusionary rule established by the Supreme

Court?

Probable cause does not need to be established in civil matters.

Potential death penalty cases may disregard all standard evidence rules.

(CORRECT ANSWER) Good faith exceptions may be made for officers utilizing the incorrect

search warrant form.

The homes of witnesses to a crime may be searched without a warrant.

Good intention exceptions may be made for veteran officers in felony matters.

Which legal concept would yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater violate?

Bad tendency rule

Strict scrutiny test

Due Process

Prior restraint

(CORRECT ANSWER) Clear and present danger test

The historical reference to a “wall of separation” between religion and the state can be found

where?

(CORRECT ANSWER) The writings of Thomas Jefferson

Making false spoken statements about another person is an example of what?

(CORRECT ANSWER) Slander

What is often true about Supreme Court rulings involving civil liberties?

They generally have not been implemented by states.

They generally are very narrowly focused.

(CORRECT ANSWER) Judges generally are not simply deciding the case at hand, but they are

formulating a general rule to cover other similar cases.

The Supreme Court generally has deferred to the states.

The Supreme Court generally has deferred to the executive branch.

Which 1868 amendment’s passage allowed the potential for the application of the Bill of Rights

to the states, which adds several restrictions on what the states can do?

Eleventh

Twelfth

Thirteenth

(CORRECT ANSWER) Fourteenth

Fifteenth

A civil liberty is a right to be free of interference by whom or what?

(CORRECT ANSWER) The government

In 2007, the Supreme Court allowed a school principal to punish a student for displaying a flag

saying “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” based on what?

manner.

The Court held that the language incited unruly behavior.

The Court held that the language harmed a religion.

(CORRECT ANSWER) The Court held that the language endorsed drug use.

Closed sessions of hearings by Congress

Methods used by the government to get terrorists to talk

Prohibition of judges from legislating from the bench

(CORRECT ANSWER) Restraining an activity, such as expression, before that activity has

actually occurred

Ability of police to detain people when riots appear imminent

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

Which of the following terms is used for certain types of nonverbal activities, such as flag

burning that the Supreme Court has ruled is protected under the First Amendment?

Miranda v. Arizona

(CORRECT ANSWER) Texas v. Johnson

Reno v. Johnson