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One way that the Supreme Court has reshaped its recent interpretation of the 2nd Amendment has been by
a) incorporating the 2nd Amendment into the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
b) protecting the right of each State to keep a militia.
c) upholding prohibitions against the possession of firearms by felons.
d) making it a crime to ship sawed-off shotguns across State lines without a federal license.

Americans can claim rights in addition to those listed in the Constitution, according to
a) the 9th Amendment.
b) Gitlow v. New York.
c) the Bill of Rights.
d) Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

In the Pentagon Papers Case, the Supreme Court based its decision on
a) the prohibition against the government placing any prior restraint on expression.
b) the documents involved in the case were seditious.
c) the fact that national security was at stake.
d) no person has the right to libel or slander another.

What is the Miranda rule established by the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona?
a) Police must read criminal suspects their rights before questioning them.
b) Convicted murderers cannot be subjected to cruel and unusual punishments.
c) It is illegal to use force to make a person confess to a crime.
d) A defendant can ask to have their trial moved if they feel threatened.

What is the significance of the 14th Amendment?
a) It provides that the States, like the Federal Government, cannot deny basic rights to their people.
b) It specifies restrictions on the National Government regarding basic rights.
c) It provides that all protections of the Bill of Rights are extended to the States.
d) It specifies which rights are basic or essential to the liberty of the American people.

What is the general rule used by the Supreme Court when deciding if civil disobedience is a constitutionally protected right?
a) If the protest is nonviolent, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment right to free assembly.
b) Civil disobedience is not protected by the First Amendment and so protestors may be charged if they break any laws.
c) When the laws being protested are unconstitutional, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment.
d) Acts of civil disobedience are not protected if carried out on public property, but have First Amendment protection on privat

What ruling did the Supreme Court make regarding flag burning in Texas v. Johnson?
a) Laws banning the burning of the U.S. flag are unconstitutional because flag burning is a form of free speech.
b) Each State must decide, based on its own community values, whether to allow flag burning as free speech.
c) Burning any sort of flag is a form of intimidation and thus it is not a form of protected free speech.
d) It is legal to burn flags other than the U.S. flag, but burning an American flag is not free speech because it affects public

The stand taken by the Founding Fathers concerning the practice of religion was based on their
a) desire to prevent the creation of official government-sponsored churches in the colonies.
b) belief that all citizens should embrace the same religious values for the good of the new democracy.
c) hope to adopt the model of church and state provided by the government of Great Britain.
d) opposition to religion and desire to keep it entirely separate from the new government.

How would the Establishment Clause apply to the activity shown below if it took place at both a private school and a public school?
a) The activity would be legal at a private school but would not be allowed at a public school.
b) The activity would not be legal at a private school but would be allowed at a public school.
c) The activity would be legal at both a private and a public school.
d) The activity would not be legal at either a private or a public school.

Which statement BEST explains the meaning of the guarantees provided in the 1st Amendment?
a) Criminal laws and moral public standards do not apply to people who are acting according to their religious beliefs.
b) Governments at all levels in the United States are not allowed to pass laws that aid or encourage particular churches or reli
c) Each person is free to believe as he or she wishes in religious matters, and government cannot favor any one religion.
d) Due to separation of church and state, the Federal Government cannot promote religion or protect religious rights.

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