Question 2
2 / 2 pts
What enumerated authority does Congress have to check the power of the
judiciary?
Impeachment
Remove all powers from federal judiciary
Restrict jurisdiction of federal judiciary
A & B
A & C
Which of the following defended the constitutionality of a national bank?
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Question 1
2 / 2 pts
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Under the Constitution, which branch of government makes laws?
Legislative
Executive
Judiciary
All of the above
As far back as the 1790s, Congress understood that the general welfare
clause allowed Congress to expend monies on objects of benevolence or
public charity.
True
False
The danger in a form of government that believes that government creates
rights is that the government can also take rights away.
True
False
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
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Are few and defined
Are more numerous than those delegated to the national government
Extend to those objects that concern the daily lives of the people
A & C
B & C
The source of law in the United States should be
God
The vote of the majority of citizens
The vote of the majority of elected representatives
Decisions of the United States Supreme Court
I Question 6
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
The U.S. Supreme Court always has interpreted the general welfare clause to
permit government expenditures on programs for the benefit of a specific
group of people in need.
True
False
The Blaine Amendment, which was not enacted,
Provided that no State shall make any law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Provided that the Bill of Rights was to apply to the states
Provided that the First Amendment was to apply to the states
Provided that the Fourteenth Amendment was to apply to the states
Which of the following is not a reason listed by the authors of Contending for
the Constitution to support the conclusion that Lawrence v. Texas
is example of judicial activism?
Overturned Bowers v. Hardwick
Failed to adequately protect personal privacy
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Relied on decisions from foreign countries
Ignored other decisions concluding that states can regulate immoral conduct
Who introduced evolutionary ideas into the field of jurisprudence?
Richard Posner
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Christopher Langdell
Benjamin Cardozo
0 / 2 pts
What judicial opinion destroyed the distinction between interstate and
intrastate commerce?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.
U.S. v. Lopez
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
I Question 12
Wickard v. Filburn
Where in the U.S. Constitution is the necessary and proper clause found?
Article I, section 8, paragraph 18
Article I, section 8, paragraph 3
Article II, section 1
Article III, section 2
0 / 2 pts
What branch of government has a responsibility to secure the blessings of
liberty by interpreting the U.S. Constitution in terms consistent with the
Bible?
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
All of the above
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
I Question 14
0 / 2 pts
Which of the following is not a power of the President specifically
enumerated in the Constitution?
Commander-in-chief over the military
Issue executive orders
Grant pardons or reprieves
Chief diplomat over foreign relations
Unless the law is based on biblical standards, the law has no basis for saying
that it is wrong to kill people over eighty years old who are an unnecessary
burden on our economy.
True
False
According to the authors of Contending for the Constitution, in order to
establish a religion there must be
Money given to a religious organization
I Question 15
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
Coercion
A government official publicly proclaiming a religious belief
All of the above
The Bible states that the government should provide for the poor among us.
True
False
How many states must ratify a constitutional amendment?
Two-thirds
Three-fourths
One-half
Three-fifths
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Article I, section 8, paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the
authority to print paper money.
True
False
Which clause is often referred to as the “elastic clause” because it has been
stretched so far beyond what was originally intended?
Necessary and proper clause
Commerce clause
Establishment clause
General welfare clause
The original definition of a penumbra is
A right emanating from another enumerated right in the U.S. Constitution
The outer limits of an enumerated right in the U.S. Constitution
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
Partial shade or obscurity on the margin
An implied right
Which branch of government has the least number of lines in the U.S.
Constitution?
Administrative
Legislative
Executive
Judiciary
Two of the problems that occur when the national government gets involved
in providing for the poor are that
We lose the biblical principle of charity
The focus is on the government
The government programs fail to eliminate poverty
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
A & B
A & C
With only one exception, for how many years after enactment of the
Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 did the U.S. Supreme Court reject
application of the Bill of Rights as against the States?
23 years
57 years
62 years
96 years
