1 OF 20

Which of the following counts as a “private Attorney General “?

A.The National association of manufactures

B.The Roman Catholic church

C.The Council for American Islamic Relations

D.The legal counsel for AT&T Corporation.

 

2 OF 20

The equal-protection clause :

A.allows state officials to discriminate based on race and sex.

B.prevents discrimination by individuals when it involves a fundamental state, such as education.

C.allows certain instances of equal discrimination aginst all races.

D.prevents selective deployment of police forces in certain neighbhorhoods.

 

3 OF 20 

A landmark case is one that ?

A.is heard by the Supreme Court.

B.creates a new general standard for judicial decisions.

C.becomes an amendment to the Constitution.

D.Congress refers to the Supreme Court.

 

4 OF 20

The USA PATRIOT Act does NOT include which of the following provisions ?

A.Indefinite detention of Arab Americans by local authorities

B.Authorization of the FBI to check individual library usage records.

C.Sharing of evidence between the CIA and the FBI

D.Delays in notification of home office searches

 

5 OF 20

In Grutter v.Bollinger (2003), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of :

A.the equal-protection clause

B.the use of race as a diversity factor in law school admissions criteria procedures.

C.all forms of affirmative action.

D.the exclusionary rule.

 

6 OF 20

The controversy over discussion and display of Danish cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad is an example of which of the following civil liberties issues ?

A.The right to bear arms

B.The right to legal representation

C.The right to free expression in speech and print

D.The right to trial by a jury of peers.

 

7 OF 20

The nation that a democratic society needs competition among ideas, as much as an economic marketplace needs competition, was stated by ?

A.John Marshall

B.Oliver Wendell Holmes.

C.Learned Hand.

D.William Brennan

 

8 OF 20

In ACLU v. Ashcroft (2002), the Supreme Court ruled ?

A.that the Child Online Protection Act went too far in restricting speech

B.the the Child Online Protection Act was constitutional

C.the the Communications Decency Act protected free-speech rights.

D.that neither Act went far enough to protect children.

 

9 of 20

The supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 because:

A.the technology creating the internet was too new

B.the law was too vague

C.it did not protect children from viewing offensive material.

D.a majority of the coyrt watches pornography.

 

10 OF 20

Complete incorporation under the Fourteenth Amendment means that :

A.individuals are only protected against federal violations of civil rights.

B.individuals are only protected against state violations of civil rights.

C.individuals can use foreign nationals for civil rights violations.

D.individuals are protected against federal,state,and private violations of civil rights.

 

11 OF 20

According to the Supreme Court, affirmative action programs must now :

A.have a compelling interest behind them

B.be narrowly tailored.

C.protect minorities regardless of individual merit

D.Both A AND B correct 

 

12 OF 20

Why did the NATIONAL seCURITY aGENCY MONITOR PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS WITHOUT COURT-approved warrants ?

A.To find communications between potential terrorists.

B.To find people engaged in exchanging child pornography

C.To monitor communications among organized crime figures

D.To defeat a conservative conspiracy to overthrow the government

 

13 OF 20

When President Dwight D.Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect black student at Little Rock’s central High School, he was :

A.enforcing a court order.

B.protecting the rights of the accused

C.adhering to provisions in the Equal Rights Amendements

D.stopping the governor of Arkansas from filing an injunction.

 

14 OF 20

The right to legal represntation and other basic rights of the accused are central issues in the case of :

A.Adarand v.Pena (1995 )

B.Roe v.Wade (1973)

C.Hamdi v.Rumsfeld (2004)

D.Grutter v.Bollinger (2003)

 

15 OF 20

The attitude of the Department of Justice toward civil rights groups during the Clinton admnistration was:

A.generally hostile

B.generally supportive

C.one that preferred a ” class conscious ” approach

D.one preferring a ” color-blind” approach

 

16 OF 20

Which of the following is NOT an example of government successfully restricting civil liberties ?

A.The “Gag Rule” of 1840

B.Suspension of printing of socialist newspapers during WWI

C.President Nixon’s attempt to halt publication of The Pentagon Papers

D.Internment of Japenese Americans during WWII

 

17 OF 20

The phrase “equal protection of the laws” is found in whic amendment?

A.Firts Amendment

B.Fifth Amendment

C.Fourteenth Amendment

D.Twenty-first Amendment

 

18 OF 20

The Supeme Court found a “zone of privacy” thta shields individuals from government instrusion through an interpretation of :

A.the constitutional provision against illegeal searches

B.the legal arguments in Plessy v.Ferguson (1896)

C.the First and NInth Amendments

D.the Miranda v.Arizona decision.

 

19 OF 20

Which of the following cases dealt with the issue of sexual harassment ?

A.University of California Regents v.Bakke (1978)

B.City of Richmond v.Corson (1989)

C.Oncale v.Sundowner (1998)

D.Hamdan v.Rumsfeld (2004)

 

20 of 20

In the past few years, the courts and voters have reduced the impact of :

A.equal treatment of all citizens

B.freedom of speech

C.affirmative action

D.the right to a fair and speedy trial.