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GOVT 220 Test 2
1. Americans’ propensity for lawsuits indicates that “rights are
in conflict.”
2. Which case addressed the issue of school vouchers?
3. A voucher system that allows students to choose to attend
religious schools is constitutional.
4. The Bill of Rights was applied to the states effective on the
ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
5. Once the Supreme Court overturned his conviction, Ernesto
Miranda never served time for the crime of which he was
originally charged.
6. All the following are addressed in the First Amendment
except
7. The USA Patriot Act allows the government to tap Internet
communications without a court order.
8. The Supreme Court’s first interpretation of the establishment
clause did not occur until the
9. During the Second World War, the Supreme Court upheld
the constitutionality of a trial where Nazi spies in civilian
clothes were tried as “unlawful combatants.”
10. The draft laws
11. The reason that symbolic speech does not have the
same protection as actual speech is that
12. The fact that Americans go to court to sue one another
indicates that
13. An example of a good‐faith exception to the
exclusionary rule would be if police
14. Most nations deal with the problem of illegally obtained
evidence by

2. 15. The courts have ruled that dogs can be used to detect
drugs in schools.
16. The ban on unreasonable searches and seizures can be
found in the
17. Libel is protected speech.
18. Which president ordered that all Japanese Americans be
removed from their homes in California and placed them in
relocation centers far from the coast?
19. The Court’s landmark decision in Rostker v. Goldberg
focused on gender discrimination and
20. The Supreme Court has upheld mandatory 24‐hour
waiting periods for those seeking an abortion.
21. The Court has allowed all the following restrictions
related to abortion except
22. The right to privacy suffered a setback in 1986 when
the Court ruled that the right of privacy did not include
23. State universities can take race into account in
admitting students to colleges so long as no _________ is
used.
24. A school system is not liable for the conduct of a
teacher who seduces a student if the student never reports the
actions.
25. The Supreme Court considers race a suspect
classification.
26. The Court’s current thinking regarding homosexuality
and law is supported, in part, by the laws of other nations.
27. The Supreme Court struck down the decision of
Congress to bar women from combat roles.
28. States can set different ages at which men and women
become legal adults.
29. Girls can be banned from Little League baseball teams.
30. In recent years the number of blacks holding elective
offices has increased steadily.

3. 31. Which state notably legalized same‐sex marriages in
the mid‐2000s, inspiring other states to do the same or to
tighten their restrictions?
32. If the Equal Rights Amendment had passed, women
would register for the selective service.
33. Laws that treat different groups of people differently
are unconstitutional.
34. When a federal judge orders the reorganization of a
state prison system in a case brought by a convict, the judge
is issuing
35. One reason federal courts should follow precedent is
that
36. Which Founding Father referred to the judicial branch
as the “least dangerous”?
37. Who wrote the opinion of the Court in Marbury v.
Madison?
38. The Supreme Court has ruled that sitting presidents
cannot be sued until after they have left office.
39. A measure of the Court’s power is found in the extent
to which it addresses
40. To illustrate the tension between activists and strict
constructionists, the text discusses a case involving
41. After 1974, the rules pertaining to class‐action suits
were loosened to allow more cases to be brought to court.
42. The function of the solicitor general is to
43. The Court’s tremendous workload has led to an
increase in the power of
44. Taxpayer X does not think that the federal Endangered
Species Act is constitutional. What will he have to show
before his case can be heard on its merits?
45. Congress has never changed the size of the Supreme
Court.
46. Judges serving in a constitutional court

4. 47. Presidents typically nominate members of their own
party for positions in the federal judiciary.
48. Lawsuits are caused not by lawyers but by
49. In Marbury v. Madison the Court ruled that William
Marbury had to be given the position for which he was
appointed.
50. Six Supreme Court Justices have been appointed since
1991 (two each nominated by Presidents Clinton, Bush, and
Obama).
51. Today, a criminal defendant has the right to a lawyer
when appearing in a police lineup or when being questioned
by a psychiatrist.
52. The police can require a driver to take a breathalyzer
test to determine intoxication.
53. In free expression, neutrality refers to which of the
following?
54. The free‐exercise clause protects polygamy when its
practice is part of a religious faith.
55. The Fourteenth Amendment provides for
56. The Supreme Court has upheld zoning ordinances that
prohibited “adult” movie theaters near
57. In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New
Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because
58. Corporations have all the same rights of expression as
individuals.
59. In general, all of the rights in the Bill of Rights now
apply to the states, except for the
60. All the following are addressed in the First Amendment
except
61. Which case addressed the issue of school vouchers?
62. In many countries that have state‐supported churches,
attendance

5. 63. In the Des Moines “student‐black‐armband” case, the
Supreme Court ruled that the wearing of the armbands was
64. An individual must believe in a Supreme Being to
qualify for conscientious objector status.
65. Throughout history, American courts generally have
broadened the area of free expression.
66. One reason the Nazi Party was allowed to parade
through Skokie, Illinois, is that
67. In the United States, improperly gathered evidence is
excluded from a trial even if it is relevant to determining
guilt.
68. The Supreme Court considers race a suspect
classification.
69. In recent years the number of blacks holding elective
offices has increased steadily.
70. The Supreme Court struck down a state requirement
that women contemplating abortion be given pamphlets about
alternatives.
71. The Court’s current test for gender discrimination
emphasizes all the following except
72. The 1964 Civil Rights Act did all the following except
73. Proposition 8 was voted for, overturned, and sent to
federal court of appeals.
74. Laws can define statutory rape in such a way that only
men can be punished for that offense.
75. The Supreme Court has held that the Constitution must
be interpreted as being color‐
76. The Court’s landmark decision in Rostker v. Goldberg
focused on gender discrimination and
77. Which case banned so‐called “freedom‐of‐choice”
plans as devices for desegregating public schools?
78. Which case first asserted a “right to privacy” can be
found in the Constitution?

6. 79. Some argue that “zones of privacy” can be inferred
from “penumbras” in the
80. Girls can be banned from Little League baseball teams.
81. Racial classification must be subject to strict scrutiny
82. The Court has allowed all the following restrictions
related to abortion except
83. The attorney general was directed to bring a suit
challenging the constitutionality of the poll tax in
84. An activist approach would decide a case based on the
powers expressly granted in the Constitution.
85. What happens when the vote of the Supreme Court is a
tie?
86. A diversity case involves
87. Increases in the number of blacks, Hispanics, and
women serving on the federal court began in the __________
administration.
88. Which Founding Father referred to the judicial branch
as the “least dangerous”?
89. The famous “switch in time” refers to a change in the
political behavior of the
90. Courts are the “great equalizer” in the federal
government because
91. Which of the following is usually short and unsigned?
92. The fastest‐growing portion of the federal courts’civil
workload involves
93. One problem with the Supreme Court reviewing only
one percent of appeals court cases is that
94. Robert Bork was appointed to Supreme Court justice in
1987.
95. In Marbury, the Court focused on a technical concern,
namely, that its __________ jurisdiction could not be
enlarged absent a constitutional amendment.
96. The Court was increasingly activist during the tenure of
Chief Justice Earl Warren.

7. 97. Presidents typically nominate members of their own
party for positions in the federal judiciary.
98. In several European countries, judges are recruited by
having them pass a test.
99. A concurring opinion agrees with the logic of the
majority opinion but disagrees with its conclusion.
100. A judge can be both an activist and a conservative.
101. Miranda has been extended to mean that one has a right
to a lawyer
102. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Texas v.
Johnson focused on
103. Which Supreme Court justice famously stated that he
could not de ne obscenity with exceptional rigor, but insisted
that he knew it when he saw it?
104. The Supreme Court did not apply the Exclusionary
Rule to the states until the
105. One reason for adopting the exclusionary rule was
106. In free expression, neutrality refers to which of the
following?
107. An ex post facto law declares an act “illegal”
108. Lately the courts seem to be taking the position on the
exclusionary rule of
109. Federal aid is not permitted for building construction on
a church‐supported college campus.
110. In the Des Moines “student‐black‐armband” case, the
Supreme Court ruled that the wearing of the armbands was
111. The phrase “cruel and unusual punishment” is found in
the Eighth Amendment.
112. Today, a criminal defendant has the right to a lawyer
when appearing in a police lineup or when being questioned
by a psychiatrist.
113. In a 1947 decision, the Supreme Court allowed a New
Jersey town to fund busing to a parochial school because

8. 114. The right to a trial by jury can be found in the Bill of
Rights.
115. In America, freedom of religion is absolute.
116. Once the Supreme Court overturned his conviction,
Ernesto Miranda never served time for the crime of which he
was originally charged.
117. The Fourteenth Amendment provides for
118. Early laws that limited opportunities for women sought
to
119. If there is no past history of discrimination, mandatory
hiring or promotional plans favoring blacks is not
permissible.
120. The test that the Supreme Court has applied to laws
making distinctions between the sexes is called
121. The landmark case Swann v. Charlotte‐Mecklenberg
(1971) held that
122. Which state notably legalized same‐sex marriages in
the mid‐2000s, inspiring other states to do the same or to
tighten their restrictions?
123. The Supreme Court struck down a state requirement
that women contemplating abortion be given pamphlets about
alternatives.
124. The right to privacy su ered a setback in 1986 when the
Court ruled that the right of privacy did not include
125. A school system is not liable for the conduct of a
teacher who seduces a student if the student never reports the
actions.
126. Congress has passed a series of civil‐rights laws that
make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of __________ in
public accommodations or in employing workers.
127. Privacy is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.
128. It is clear that national public opinion is increasingly in
favor of allowing gays and lesbians to marry.
129. For a law to violate people’s civil rights, it must

9. 130. Laws can de ne statutory rape in such a way that only
men can be punished for that o ense.
131. Racial classi cation must be subject to strict scrutiny
132. The Virginia Military Institute case ensured that gender
discrimination cases will employ the reasonableness standard
for years to come.
133. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it more di cult to
use literacy tests to bar blacks from voting.
134. Supreme Court opinions are never written by newly‐
graduated law clerks.
135. In 2005, Congress required that class‐action suits
involving people from two or more states must be heard in
federal court if the claims exceed __________ million
dollars.
136. Relatively few cases that are appealed are granted
certiorari.
137. Most of the current justices on the Supreme Court had
prior experience as
138. When a federal judge orders the reorganization of a
state prison system in a case brought by a convict, the judge
is issuing
139. When a citizen sues and wins a suit against a
government o cial for withholding a bene t to which a citizen
is entitled, such a suit is called a
140. An increase in cases is not solely responsible for the
sweeping remedies imposed by courts. A second factor
contributing to this trend is
141. Impeachment is a matter reserved for
142. Increases in the number of blacks, Hispanics, and
women serving on the federal court began in the __________
administration.
143. The Supreme Court has ruled that sitting presidents
cannot be sued until after they have left o ce.

10. 144. Which Founding Father referred to the judicial branch
as the “least dangerous”?
145. A diversity case involves
146. The most activist periods in Supreme Court history
have coincided with times when the political system was
relatively inactive.
147. The Supreme Court rejects about 95 percent of the
applications for certiorari that it receives.
148. The Court’s tremendous workload has led to an
increase in the power of
149. The statement, “John Marshall has made his decision,
now let him enforce it!” was made by
150. In conference, the __________ speaks rst when cases
are debated.