Explore the foundational aspects of the U. S. Constitution, focusing on its ratification, structure, and the powers it grants. This quiz assesses understanding of key historical events and legal frameworks, crucial for students of law and American history.
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All 13 states
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1787
1788
1791
1776
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Prohibited the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Was a very long, drawn out document that expressly dealt with all problems that might conceivably arise in the future
Was divided into seven major portions or articles
Neglected to include any provision for the method of amendment
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Grants Congress the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
Contains the supremacy clause
Protects freedom of speech
Delegates to the President the power to declare war
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Establishes the powers of the President
Vests judicial power of the United States in the Supreme Court
Guarantees the right to bear arms
Guarantees that the federal government will not quarter troops in private homes
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Delegation of powers articles
Supremacy clauses
Separation of powers articles
Necessary and proper provisions
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Is immutable and cannot be changed
Can be nullified only by a three-fourths vote of both houses of Congress
Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution can be annulled by a constitutional amendment proposed by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.
Can be nullified only if the legislatures of 26 states propose the calling of a constitutional convention
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Federal criminal trials are held in federal district courts.
All capital crimes, whether state or federal, must be tried in a federal court
Any person convicted of a capital crime has the automatic right to appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States
There are three tiers or levels of federal courts below the United States Supreme Court
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Tax evasion
Bankruptcy laws
Domestic violence. domestic violence. domestic violence. domestic violence
Right to bear arms
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Allows Congress to regulate any activity that has a substantial effect on interstate commerce, even though the activity takes place entirely within the confines of a single state
Exempts state governments and their agencies from regulations enacted by Congress under its commerce clause powers.
Does not allow Congress to enact criminal statutes
Does not allow Congress to enact laws affecting areas in which there are existing state regulations
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Power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
Authority to enter into treaties and alliances
Full faith and credit provision
Intrastate regulatory clause
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Establishing segregated schools
Denying citizens life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Establishing banks without the consent of Congress
Entering into treaties, alliances, or confederations.
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First Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifth Amendment due process clause
Article I, § 10 ex post facto clause.
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Article I, §10 prohibition against bills of attainder.
Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause
Fifth Amendment due process clause
Second Amendment
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The Constitution lists the powers reserved to the states and provides that all powers not expressly reserved to the states belong to the federal government
Through the combined effects of Article I, §8; Article I, §9; and the Tenth Amendment.
The division of power is established in the Fourteenth Amendment
Through the combined effect of Articles I, II, and III
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The Founders contemplated that the federal government would be more powerful than the states
The federal government is a government of enumerated powers and can exercise only the powers that have been delegated.
The federal government holds all powers not expressly reserved to the states
The balance of power between the federal government and the states established by the Constitution of 1789 is fixed and cannot be changed through judicial interpretation of the enumerated powers
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Enact bankruptcy laws
Punish counterfeiting
Provide for organizing, maintaining, and arming troops in times of peace
None of the above.
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Was adopted by the colonists in 1776
Declares that no state shall deny any person due process of law
Was proposed by the First Congress to fulfill pledges made to the states to secure ratification of the Constitution.
Guarantees states protection against internal insurrections
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Guaranteed by the First Amendment
Guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment
Has been made binding on the states through incorporation into the Fourteenth Amendment
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Third Amendment
Fourth Amendment.
Fifth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
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Guaranteed by the First Amendment
Guaranteed by the Second Amendment
Guaranteed by the Third Amendment
Has been made binding on the states through incorporation into the Fourteenth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment
Original Constitution
Fifth Amendment
Fourth Amendment
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Requirement that state governments treat all persons alike who are similarly situated
Requirement that state governments protect the life, liberty, and property of citizens
Requirement that state governments afford citizens notice and an opportunity to be heard before depriving them of life, liberty, or property
Protection against arbitrary interference by state governments with fundamental rights, like the right to marry, to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, or to forego life-sustaining treatment
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Privacy
Bear arms
Peaceably assemble
Vote
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Only on the federal government
On federal, state, and local governments
On federal, state, and local governments and shopping malls
On federal, state, and local governments, and private companies that employ more than 100 people
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Organizing a parade
Soliciting funds
Refusing to pledge allegiance to the flag
Jogging
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Set the conviction aside on the grounds that flag burning is constitutionally protected symbolic speech
Set aside the conviction on the ground that the chosen location of the demonstration is a public free speech forum
Affirm the conviction under the O’Brien test because the government has a substantial nonspeech interest in regulating trespassing on the roof of government buildings and destroying government property
Affirm the conviction under the clear and present danger doctrine
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Always unconstitutional
Constitutional as applied to oral communications but not to written communications
Unconstitutional unless the message is offensive
Constitutional if the speech falls within one of the unprotected categories
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Profanity
Obscenity
Fighting words
Threats
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Brandenburg v. Ohio
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
Grace v. United States
Miller v. United States
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Contains pictures of deviant sexual acts
Is distributed to minors
Lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
Visually depicts real children engaged in sexual activity
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The defendant during a campaign speech called his opponent, who was not present at the time, a "fascist pig"
The defendant, seeing a black man holding hands with a white woman, stopped the man and said: "Nigger, if you don’t take your hands off that lady, I’ll break your neck"
The defendant on being stopped for a traffic offense called the police officer a "stupid son-of-a-bitch"
The defendant delivered a speech denouncing racism and urging blacks in the audience to fight for their rights
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Find the statute constitutional because prohibiting the clothing citizens can wear in public has nothing to do with the First Amendment
Find the statute constitutional because wearing Ku Klux Klan clothing in public amounts to "fighting words"
Find the statute unconstitutional because the city's only interest in regulating this conduct is its disapproval of the message this conduct communicates
Find the statute unconstitutional because the First Amendment forbids the government to regulate hate conduct
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"fighting words"
Hate speech
Obscenity
Incitement to violence or other unlawful acts
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The government may not restrict free speech activity at that location
The government must satisfy stringent criteria to justify restricting free speech activity at that location
The government may not require a permit to engage in free speech activity at that location
First Amendment activity must be allowed 24 hours a day
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A municipal park
A shopping center parking lot
A municipal auditorium
The sidewalk in front of a public school
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Traditional public forums
Public forums by designation
Nonpublic forums
Limited public forums
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The government may ban all expressive activity but handbilling
The government has the same power as a private landowner to outlaw First Amendment activity
The government will be held to a higher standard in regulating First Amendment uses than in the case of public forums
Restrictions on First Amendment uses must be viewpoint neutral and reasonable in light of the purposes the forum serves
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An ordinance prohibiting noisy demonstrations in front of schools between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m
An ordinance prohibiting begging in municipal bus terminals
An ordinance prohibiting the display of signs critical of an embassy’s government in front of a foreign embassy
An ordinance prohibiting blocking ingress or egress to public buildings
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Administration of the permit system must be vested in a magistrate or a judge
Granting of a permit must be conditioned on the applicant’s advance payment of the costs of policing the event
The administrator must be given broad discretion to consider the impact of the gathering on the health, safety, convenience, and good order of the community
The ordinance may not impose an unreasonably long advance notice requirement
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Arrest the judge for trespassing if he refuses to leave
Advise the manager that he cannot arrest the judge unless he causes a disturbances or disrupts traffic flows
Tell the manager that he cannot have the judge arrested because political candidates enjoy an absolute First Amendment privilege to distribute campaign literature
Arrest the manager for intruding on the judge's freedom of expression
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Mary can be arrested for destroying an American flag
Mary can be arrested for refusing to move on
Mary can be arrested for causing an obstruction of ingress and egress to a public building
On these facts, Mary cannot be arrested at all
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The court should reverse Joe’s conviction because the statute under which he was convicted is unconstitutionally vague and imprecise
The court should reverse Joe’s conviction because Joe was arrested for speech that was protected by the First Amendment
The court should reverse Joe’s conviction because the officer had no authority to ask Joe to move
The court should reverse Joe’s conviction because words spoken to a police officer can never be considered as a factor in making an arrest decision
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An ordinance outlawing posting of yard signs in residential neighborhoods
An ordinance making it a crime to speak contemptuously of the mayor or members of the board of aldermen
An ordinance making it a crime to place graffiti on public buildings
An ordinance making it a crime to use profane language in public
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Seizure
Arrest
Warrant
Probable cause
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Stop a motor vehicle at a fixed checkpoint
Issue a traffic citation
Frisk a person for a weapon
Ask a person for permission to search his or her luggage
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Detain a person’s luggage and subject it to a canine narcotics detection examination
Approach a person on a public street and ask for identification
Stop a motorist to check his or her driver’s license
Detain a person for less than 15 minutes
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Whether the officer succeeds in bringing the suspect physically under his or her control
Whether the officer intends to make an arrest
Whether the officer draws a gun
Whether a reasonable person in the suspect’s position would feel free to disregard the officer’s request and leave
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