PLSC Worksheet 4

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According to the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade, which of the following restrictions may the state place on abortions?
during the third trimester, the state may regulate or outlaw abortions except when necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother
gag orders have been used to
restrict the publication of news about a pretrial hearing
state funding to private or parochial schools has raised issues involving the _____ of the constitution
first ammendment
an individual's trial rights include all of the following EXCEPT
the right not to be subject to lengthy questioning
for a public official to obtain damages under liberal laws, he or she must
prove the statement was made with actual mallice
according to the clear and present danger test, expression could be restricted if
evidence exists that such expression would cause a dangerous condition that congress has the power to prevent
before the latter half of the nineteenth century, abortion was
not a criminal offense before the first movement of the fetus in the uterus
in Webster v Reproductive Health Services, the supreme court ruled that states may
ban the use of public hospitals for performing abortions
the exclusionary rule is a policy that
prohibits the admission of illegally seized evidence at trial
in 2000, the supreme court addressed the abortion issue directly when it reviewed a Nebraska law banning
"partial-birth" abortions
advertising statements are known as
commercial speech
a writ of habeas corpus is an order that requires
jailers to bring a prisoner before a court and explain why they are being held
which of the following best defines symbolic speech
nonverbal expression
all of the following concerning the Lemon v Kurtzman case is true except
government aid to religious schools has to be religious in nature
Before 1868, the bill of rights
applied to people's rights relative to the Federal Government, but not to people's rights
libel is
defamation in writing
it was not until the ______ was ratified that the Bill of Rights began to be applied to the states
fourteenth amendment
incorporation theory refers to
the view that the bill of rights applies to the states as well of the federal government
the 1994 freedom of access to clinic entrances act
prohibits protesters from blocking entrances to abortion clinics
the part of the first amendment prohibiting the national government from interfering with religious practices is called the
free exercise clause
to be considered obscene, a work must
lack serious redeeming literary, artistic, political, or scientific merit
which of the following best defines civil liberties
civil liberties restrain the actions of government against individuals
shortly after september 11, 2001, president george w bush issued an executive order authorizing the _______ to conduct secret surveillance without court warrants
national security agency (NSA)
obscenity was legally defined by Chief Justice Burger in
Miller v California
In 1903, the supreme court ruled that the government could not deport someone without
a hearing that meets constitutional due process standards
the communications decency act (CDA) of 1996 and the Children's online protection act of 1998
have been blocked on constitutional grounds
in osborne v ohio, the supreme court ruled that states can outlaw the possession of child pornography in the home
because owning the material perpetuates commercial demand for it and for the exploitation of children involved
the bad tendency rule meant that
speech may be curtailed if there is a possibility that such expression might lead to some evil
In engel v vitale (1962), the supreme court ruled that
government is not constitutionally allowed to compose official prayers
slander is
the public uttering of a false statement that harms the good reputation of another
when a person has either knowledge of a defamatory statement's falsity or a reckless disregard for the truth, he or she is said to have
actual mallice
the free exercise clause guarantees
the free exercise of religion
some claim that the United States did not achieve true freedom of _____________ until 1969, when the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader in Brandenburg v Ohio
political speech
a defendant's pretrial rights include all of the following except
negotiable bail
defamation of character is defined as
wrongfully hurting a person's good reputation
in Griswold v Connecticut, the supreme court held that
prohibiting contraceptives violated a right to personal privacy
all of the following are true about religious displays on public property except that
nativity scenes have been allowed as stand-alone displays
with regard to physician-assisted suicide, the supreme court has said that
the liberty interest does not include a right to commit suicide
In Reno v American-arab anti-discrimination committee, the supreme court ruled that aliens have
no first amendment rights to object to deportation
which of the following best describes prior restraint
restraining an activity before that activity has actually occurred
at the federal level, the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) of 1990 made it a crime to
sell child pornography on the internet
the type of media that has the least first amendment protection is
radio and television broadcasting
the new york times v United States case
affirmed the no-prior-restraint doctrine
In the area of freedom of speech, which of the following is not true
the supreme court ruled that universities may not impose mandatory student activity fees
state and local attempts to forbid the teaching of evolution in schools
have not passed constitutional muster in the eyes of the supreme court
the supreme court held that the fourteenth amendment protected freedom of speech from state infringement in the __________ case
gitlow v new york
In ______, the supreme court held that if a person accused of a felony cannot afford an attorney, one must be made available to the accused at the government's expense
Gideon v Wainwright
the flag protection act of 1989
was ruled unconstitutional by supreme court
in the everson v board of education case, the supreme court held that
no tax can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions
legislation that allows the government to conduct "roving" wiretaps has raised issues under the
time, place, and manner test
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