A) The lethal injection method used to cause the convicted person's death
B) The execution of individuals that happened to be juveniles when the crime was committed
C) The need to create a more precise judicial process to decide death penalty cases
D) A desire to convert cases related to the death penalty from the state courts to the federal courts
E) The fact that a larger number of minorities are executed when compared to white convicts
Correct Answer
verified
Essay
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
Multiple Choice
A) The PATRIOT Act created clear definitions between law enforcement agencies and intelligence arms of the government.
B) The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ruled that the PATRIOT Act violates the Fourth Amendment.
C) Agents of foreign governments are the main focus of search and surveillance activities permissible under the PATRIOT Act.
D) The PATRIOT Act permits the government to secretly search a suspected terrorist's home.
E) National Security Letters are mandatory for activities conducted by the FBI according to the PATRIOT Act.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Cruel and unusual punishment
B) Involuntary quartering of soldiers
C) Double jeopardy
D) Unreasonable searches and seizures
E) Speedy and public trials
Correct Answer
verified
Essay
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
Multiple Choice
A) Probable cause does not need to be established in civil matters.
B) Potential death penalty cases may disregard all standard evidence rules.
C) Good faith exceptions may be made for officers utilizing the incorrect search warrant form.
D) The homes of witnesses to a crime may be searched without a warrant.
E) Good intention exceptions may be made for veteran officers in felony matters.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) It provides for congressional oversight into multinational corporations.
B) It allows companies to incorporate through government application.
C) It provides for government oversight to corporations doing business with the government.
D) It is the view that the provisions of the Bill of Rights are extended to individuals for protection against action by states.
E) It holds the view that most of the protections of the Bill of Rights apply to foreign government activities through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Place significant restrictions on a woman's right to seek an abortion without her partner's consent
B) Outlaw all abortions
C) Outlaw abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy
D) Place any restrictions on abortions
E) Cannot limit a woman's right to seek an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Thirteenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Nineteenth
E) Twenty-first
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) It was made up of fifteen amendments.
B) It was made up of ten amendments.
C) It did not include a provision protecting free speech.
D) It applied to the states but not to the national government.
E) It was intended to be temporary.
Correct Answer
verified
Essay
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
Multiple Choice
A) Establishment
B) Free exercise
C) Full faith and credit
D) Impartiality
E) Elastic
Correct Answer
verified
Essay
Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
View Answer
Multiple Choice
A) Silent prayer in public school
B) Transgendered choice in public restroom facilities
C) Right to symbolic speech in schools
D) Representational speech
E) Censorship of high school newspapers
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) The rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights change over time, depending on interpretation by the Supreme Court.
B) The rights guaranteed to all citizens in the Bill of Rights are self-executing and have required little interpretation.
C) The Bill of Rights has always been equally applied to both the national and state governments.
D) The Bill of Rights consists of additions to the civil liberties initially discussed in the Constitution.
E) The Bill of Rights narrowly defines basic freedoms, requiring great consideration by the Supreme Court in interpreting them.
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Taking the fifth
B) First amendment protection
C) Miranda rights
D) Gideon's Trumpet
E) Griswald rights
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) National government
B) State government
C) All levels of government
D) All levels of government except national
E) Individuals
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Both national and state
B) Neither national nor state
C) National government, but not state
D) State government but not national
E) National, state, and local government
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) Determined by the Supreme Court to be an issue best handled by each state
B) Deemed constitutional when a living will exists
C) Allowed only in the state of Missouri
D) Left unaddressed by the Supreme Court
E) Deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court under the Fourteenth Amendment
Correct Answer
verified
Multiple Choice
A) First
B) Second
C) Fourth
D) Sixth
E) Eighth
Correct Answer
verified
Showing 21 - 40 of 145
Related Exams