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Search and Seizure
Free Speech
Equal Protection
Due Process and Punishment
"Grab Bag"
100
Which Amendment gives persons the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures?
What is the Fourth Amendment?
100
What Amendment in the Constitution of the United States is Free Speech located?
What is the First Amendment
100
These students in Arkansas helped pave the way for desegregation in schools.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
100
This amendment states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.”
What is the 8th Amendment?
100
How many Justices serve on the United States Supreme Court?
What is 9. Bonus Question: Can you name 2 of the Supreme Court Justices current serving on the Court?
200
In most circumstances, what is required before a law enforcement official can search your body or personal belongings, or arrest you?
Probable cause.
200
In what case were students allowed to silently protest a political event?
What is Tinker v. Des Moines: students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
200
This case established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a gang loitering ordinance in Chicago was unconstitutional because the definition of this term was too vague.
What is a “criminal street gang member”?
200
Imagine you file a lawsuit in Connecticut State court, and you lose. When you want to challenge the decision made by the court (and you want a higher court to review the case), what is this process called?
What is an appeal.
300
What are 3 examples of when a law enforcement official does not need a warrant to search or seize?
"Hot Pursuit", "Plain View", "Evanescent Evidence", "Exigent Circumstances", "The Automobile Exception", or if you give them consent.
300
What interests does a school have by not allowing the banner "Bong Hits 4 Jesus?"
What is school having an interest in stopping student drug abuse and stopping the promotion of illegal drug use.
300
Education is not a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution. Instead, it is an example of this.
What is a property interest?
300
This case held that students facing suspension must be given some kind of notice and afforded some kind of hearing.
What is Goss v. Lopez?
300
Imagine that you are riding the city bus to your friend's house. Someone gets on the bus after you, walks up the aisle, snatches your backpack away from you, opens it, and looks inside. If you want to sue this person, do you have a 4th Amendment constitutional claim against them?
No! Remember that the 4th Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures by members of the U.S. Government. However, you may be able to file an "invasion of privacy" lawsuit in court against that person.
400
Recall the case of New Jersey v. TLO, where a principal forced a student to empty her purse because he thought she had cigarettes. Was this an example of an "unreasonable search or seizure" under the Fourth Amendment?
No! School officials only require a “reasonable suspicion” that a crime has been, or is about to be committed, or the search is necessary to maintain school discipline or enforce school policies.
400
Can a student be disciplined for writing rude or vulgar comments about their teachers on a blog outside of school and after school hours? What kind of comments?
A school can discipline a child if the comment is offensive towards the school administration. Avery Doninger case.
400
In this case, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that students are guaranteed “access to a public education which is not substantially and materially impaired by racial and ethnic isolation.”
What is Sheff v. O’Neill?
400
In Connecticut, a teacher may remove a student from his or her classroom up to this many times per year without a hearing.
What is 6 times per year?
400
What did the U.S. Supreme Court hold in Brown v. Board of Education as being unconstitutional?
o A: In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that separating public solely on the basis of race was unconstitutional. Therefore, there was no “separate but equal” standard that could be applied to public education. Bonus Question: Who was one of the lead Attorneys that represented the Black students in Brown v. Board of Education? (Hint: He later served for many years on the U.S. Supreme Court).
500
Recall the case of Board of Education v. Earls, where a student was required to take random drug tests before being allowed by her school to participate in her school's marching band. Is this a violation of the student's Fourth Amendment rights?
No! A student’s privacy interest is limited in a public school environment where the State is responsible for maintaining discipline, health, and safety. Students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities voluntarily subject themselves to many of the same intrusions on their privacy as do athletes.
500
First Amendment rights apply to students unless? Hint: there are three instances were it does not apply.
What is 1. Substantial and material disruption, 2. Lewd, vulgar and obscene, and 3. Drug references
500
This standard of judicial review requires that the law in question be justified by a “compelling government interest,” be “narrowly tailored” to achieve that interest, and be the “least restrictive means” for achieving that interest in order for the law to be held constitutional.
What is strict scrutiny?
500
Although school officials in Connecticut are not permitted to use corporal punishment, they are permitted to use this type of force upon a minor when necessary in order to protect himself or others from immediate physical injury.
What is “reasonable force”?
500
As a student, what two rights are you given before you are suspended from school?
What is "Notice", and an "Opportunity to be Heard". Bonus Question: Which constitutional amendment does these rights come from?