PSCI 2306 Study Test Questions with Correct Answers
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PSCI 2306 Study Test Questions with Correct Answers
Debates over which of the following contemporary issue relates to the fourth amendment? - Answer-Government surveillance
What type of legislation would, if challenged be argued on fourth amendment grounds? - Answer-A bill authorizing the gover...
PSCI 2306 Study Test Questions
with Correct Answers
Debates over which of the following contemporary issue relates to the fourth
amendment? - Answer-Government surveillance
What type of legislation would, if challenged be argued on fourth amendment grounds?
- Answer-A bill authorizing the government to listen in on phone calls of suspected
terrorists
Which of the following laws would most likely be struck down by the Supreme Court on
free speech grounds? - Answer-A law criminalizing petitions against a proposed piece
of legislation
Civil liberties can be described as which of the following? - Answer-Freedoms that
protect citizens from the government
Although a general right to privacy is not specified in the Bill of rights, it is implied to
exist based on which set of amendments? - Answer-Fourth, Fifth, ninth, and fourteenth
Which case determined that speech can be limited if is poses the threat of imminent
lawless action? - Answer-Bradenburg v. Ohio
How do civil liberties differ from civil rights? - Answer-Civil liberties concern protections
from the government, while civil rights concern protections provided by the government.
Which of the three criteria of the Lemon test was violated in the Lemon v. Kurtzman
case? - Answer-The government action may not result in excessive government
entanglement in religion
What procedural step follows the submission of amicus curiae briefs? - Answer-Oral
arguments are made
Which group considers a president's judicial selection before the full Senate can vote to
confirm the nominee? - Answer-The Senate Judiciary committee
Knowing which president nominated a justice and considering their personality helps
legal scholars predict judicial decisions with 100% accuracy - Answer-False
Which judicial philosopher emphasizes a respect for stare decisis? - Answer-Judicial
restrain
,What was the primary reason for Madison's doctrine of double security? - Answer-
Concern over the abuse of power by elected officials
How much time is allotted to each party to make their oral arguments before Supreme
Court? - Answer-30 minutes
What key power was formally established in the concept of judicial review? - Answer-
The power of the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of an act of Congress
Which of the following measures has the federal government used to become more
involved in state and local matters by using financial incentives? - Answer-grants-in-aid
The process by which the federal government delegates power to the states is known
as what? - Answer-Devolution
If the Supreme Court wants to review the records of a lower court's decision, what
document will it issue? - Answer-a writ of certiorari
Which unit of government is responsible for the creation of lower courts (i.e. those
below the Supreme Court)? - Answer-Congress
Judicial systems based on the importance of precedents are said to use - Answer-Stare
decisi
________ Grants are given to states and localities by the federal government for
narrowly defined purposes and outcomes - Answer-Categorical grants
For which of the following vacancies will the president consult with the senators from a
particular state? - Answer-district court judge
According to the text and class lecture, which of the following events drew national
attention to the issue of racial inequality? - Answer-Television coverage of police
brutality in the South
Which Supreme Court case lead to a constitutional crisis between states, and ultimately
to the U.S. Civil War? - Answer-Dredd Scott v. Sanford
Who was the author of the 19th Amendment to the constitution? - Answer-Susan B.
Anthony
Which level of judicial scrutiny is the highest? - Answer-strict scrutiny
Why did the Supreme Court uphold a presidential order that led individuals with
Japanese, Italian, and German heritage to be interned in camps during WWII? -
Answer-There was a "compelling state interest" in detaining citizens from enemy
nations.
, The Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution prohibits which type of discrimination? -
Answer-Unreasonable
Providing special scholarships and financial aid opportunities to student who live in
poverty is an example of? - Answer-Equality of condition
Which Supreme Court case made state "miscegenation laws" unconstitutional? -
Answer-Loving v. Virginia
Why are civil rights sometimes referred to as positive liberties? - Answer-They refer to
steps the government must proactively take to ensure that citizens can participate in
democratic society
Who were the Radical Republicans? - Answer-partisans who strongly supported
Reconstruction policies
Which of the following statements is true? - Answer-Discriminatory policies can be
perfectly legal if there is a compelling reason for discriminating against a person or
group
Which landmark Supreme Court case ruled state laws against same-sex marriage to be
unconstitutional? - Answer-Loving v. Virginia???
I would say Lawrence v. Texas
Why was the "Doll study" significant for the Brown v. Board of education case, and
during the civil rights movement as a whole? - Answer-It provided evidence that, from a
young age, individuals were socialized to believe that White Americans were racially
superior to Black Americans
Which constitutional amendment obliges the state to abide by the "equal protection" and
"due process" clauses in the U.S. Constitution? - Answer-XIV
Although the dissenting opinion in this Supreme Court case made an argument for a
"color blind" constitution, the majority of the court held that separate train cars for black
citizens did not violate the XIV amendment's "equal protection clause" - Answer-Plessy
v. Ferguson
What constitutional amendment was proposed but never ratified? - Answer-the Equal
Rights amendment
What was the main point contained in Martin Luther King Jr's "Letter from Birmingham
Jail"? - Answer-that people have a right to nonviolently protest against unjust laws
In what year was the right for women to vote enshrined in the Constitution? - Answer-
1920
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