First Amendment Rights
Government preventing material from being published
Censorship
What would an opponent of affirmative action argue, specifically regarding race?
They would say it discriminates based on race
In the majority opinion of Wisconson v Yoder, the court’s decision was based on protecting the free exercise rights of which of the following: students, BOE, parents, school administrators
Parents
What is writing that falsely injures another person?
Libel
What is the 1st amendment?
free speech and free press
What principle did the Supreme Court affirm in New York Times Co. v. US?
Prior restraint
Would a hotel's refusing to allow racial minorities to rent a room violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Yes
What prompted the federal prosecution of Schneck in Schenck v. US?
Mass mailings of leaflets encouraging Americans to resist the draft during war time
What is the First Amendment requirement that law cannot prevent the practice of one’s religion? (This is NOT absolute)
Free exercise clause
What does the Supreme Court permit in New York Times v. United States?
Prior restraint
What did the Supreme Court permit in New York Times v. United States?
Publishing papers regarding government decisions during the Vietnam War
What is Martin Luther King Jr’s stance on equality behind his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”?
Everyone should be equal under the law
In the majority opinion in Shaw v Reno, which clause of the 14th amendment was most likely the basis for the court's decision?
Equal Protection Clause
According to Roe v. Wade, what could a state do if it wanted to limit a woman’s right to an abortion during her first trimester?
The state could do very little to limit a woman’s right to an abortion
The City of Chicago's argument in McDonald v. Chicago is most closely associated with which political belief?
Federalism
In the case Schenck v. US, what constitutional provision is at issue?
First Amendment: free speech and free press
What was the US Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. BOE based on?
The 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause
The outcome of Gideon v. Wainwright rests most heavily on which ideas reflected in the US Constitution?
The right to counsel in the 6th Amendment
What must a suing party prove to win a libel lawsuit?
The offending party acted maliciously
What power provides Congress with authority to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Power to regulate commerce
What does the Supreme Court think of the extent of free speech, and what is protected under the first amendment? (symbolic speech)
It depends of the circumstances that occurs
Today in the US, what would female college athletes want to support them in the issue of inequality in scholarship issues?
EPC of the 14th amendment/Title IX
The incorporation doctrine makes the protections of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which amendment?
14th
The application of the death penalty has been limited in recent decades and cannot be applied to minors and people who are found to be mentally incompetent. What is the reason for this?
The Supreme Court changed its interpretation of cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment.
What is an example of an action by public schools that their Bill of Rights would most likely protect based on the precedent established by Tinker v. Des Moines?
Wearing t-shirts objecting to a school board decision