GOVT 2305 Week 3 Exam

The national government decides to prosecute a speaker who states at a political rally, “The U.S. government’s policy toward the Middle East is responsible for the violence in the region, and our leaders should be forced to change their policy.” Although the government would most likely be unsuccessful, for what would the government prosecute the speaker?

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that ______.

The founders’ opposition to prior restraint showed their commitment to ______.

Which was a reason the founding fathers valued freedom of religion?

Rights are fundamentally about ______.

The establishment clause guarantees ______.

The exclusionary rule allows that ______.

The process by which the Supreme Court makes the protections of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states is ______.

The ______ test seems to provide the most protection for free speech.

Which is a due process right that Americans have?

Which type of speech has the Supreme Court upheld as protected by the First Amendment?

The concepts of strict scrutiny and suspect classification are used by the Supreme Court to answer which question?

Freed blacks were prohibited from voting under ______.

The doctrine of “separate but equal” was overruled in which case?

An action that criminalizes an act after it occurs is known as ______.

Strict constructionists argue that there is no such thing as a ______.

If someone robs a bank, they have violated which type of law?

Alexander Hamilton argued ______ that the judicial branch would be the least dangerous branch as it had no power over the sword or the purse.

What is the primary function of the judicial branch?

Which is a characteristic of the American legal system?

Which statement regarding the dual court system is accurate?

A president who signs a law into effect by his or her own accord is ______.

What is the role of the American Bar Association (ABA) in terms of judicial appointments?

The right to ask a higher court to ensure that everything was handled properly and to review the process is called ______.

The National Football League’s movement of taking a knee was started to bring attention to ______.

Suppose a case is heard at the court of appeals level in a circuit court by a panel of three judges, and then en banc, and the en banc panel denies the appeal. What is the final level of court to which the petitioner may appeal?

Which president is responsible for breaking the trend of white, male, predominantly Christian federal court appointments?

Laws that are known in advance and apply the same way to everyone are known as ______.

A judicial interpretivist would likely agree that ______.

What is the significance of the “Rule of Four”?