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In 2014, the Supreme Court declared that obtaining evidence from a subject's ______ without a warrant was prohibited under most circumstances.


A) home
B) car
C) baggage
D) cell phone

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The right to a speedy trial was incorporated to the states in what year?


A) 1892
B) 1932
C) 1938
D) 1963

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Flag burning is considered hate speech and is therefore illegal in most states.

A) True
B) False

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Which 1940 law made it a federal crime to advocate for the overthrow of the national government?


A) the Sedition Act
B) the Patriot Act
C) the Smith Act
D) the Espionage Act

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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The right to just compensation when a person's private property is taken for public use can be found in which part of the Bill of Rights?


A) First Amendment
B) Second Amendment
C) Fifth Amendment
D) Eighth Amendment

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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According to Edward Snowden, the NSA collects personal data on practically every U.S.citizen.

A) True
B) False

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Expression (spoken, written, or symbolic)that is likely to incite violence or disrupt peace is defined by the Supreme Court as ______.

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The 2015 case of ______ resulted in the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act and the legalization of same-sex marriage across the country.

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The Bill of Rights can be found in ______ of the Constitution.


A) the Preamble (introduction)
B) Article One Sections 1-8
C) Article Three Sections 1-6
D) the first 10 amendments

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The primary mechanism used to incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states is the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

A) True
B) False

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As they assembled for the Constitutional Convention in spring 1787, a main concern among delegates was to secure the protection of ______.


A) individual rights
B) Southern slaves
C) Northern businesses
D) territorial sea routes

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Under the decision in Katz v.United States, law enforcement must not only obtain a warrant to conduct a search;they must also prove


A) probable cause.
B) chain of custody.
C) mens rea.
D) corpus delecti.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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The Clear and Present Danger Test was likened to "yelling fire in a crowded theater."

A) True
B) False

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Students in public schools enjoy a less robust interpretation of personal security because of the desire to ensure a safe and secure place of learning.

A) True
B) False

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Selective incorporation involves the piecemeal application of individual rights on a case-by-case basis by the Supreme Court over time.

A) True
B) False

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In response to the debate over the Bill of Rights, Alexander Hamilton argued it would ______.


A) be dangerous to individual liberty
B) add unnecessary restrictions on government
C) violate the rights of individual states
D) be a threat to national security

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The piecemeal process through which the Supreme Court has applied the protections included in the Bill of Rights to the states can best be described as


A) collective aggregation.
B) selective incorporation.
C) executive delegation.
D) progressive selection.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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In which court case was the Second Amendment incorporated to the states?


A) Columbia v. Heller
B) McDonald v. Chicago
C) United States v. Miller
D) Miller v. Texas

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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A judicial standard requiring that fairness be applied to all participants equally is described as


A) inferential justice.
B) procedural justice.
C) incremental justice.
D) criminal justice.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The foundation for extending protections in the Bill of Rights to state laws and actions are found in


A) the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause.
B) Article IV of the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit Clause.
C) the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
D) Article VI of the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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