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The Supreme Court's most recent approach to deciding free exercise of religion cases uses the __________ test,which declares that in some cases a government law or action that burdens religion is constitutional,even if there is no compelling government interest at stake.

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Which of the following rights has the Supreme Court found to be one of the penumbra of unstated liberties linked to explicitly stated rights?


A) right to marry
B) right to travel
C) right to vote
D) right to privacy
E) right to have a family

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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In Abington School District v.Schempp,the Court ruled that state-mandated Bible readings were constitutional under the free exercise clause.

A) True
B) False

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In matters of religion,the free exercise clause protects individuals from which of the following?


A) discrimination
B) persecution
C) governmental intrusion
D) segregation
E) dissenting opinions

F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

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Through 1938,the federal government criminalized the distribution of which of the following?


A) religious materials
B) birth control
C) abortions
D) weapons
E) drugs

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Which rule bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial?


A) double jeopardy
B) right to pay
C) prior restraint
D) exclusionary
E) hate speech

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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In the 1970s,the Supreme Court ended __________ because it was being imposed arbitrarily,but it was later reinstated.

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Commercial speech is constitutionally protected.

A) True
B) False

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New rights not specifically listed in the Constitution can be discovered through which type of due process?


A) procedural
B) fundamental
C) conceptual
D) substantive
E) constitutional

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The Supreme Court has interpreted the Second Amendment to protect an individual's right to own __________.

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The free exercise clause guarantees that the national government will not interfere with which of the following?


A) education
B) finance
C) business
D) speech
E) religion

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to those accused of a crime?


A) assistance of counsel
B) access to law books
C) a jury trial
D) assistance by the press
E) a written indictment

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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What did Abington School District v.Schempp find to be unconstitutional?


A) state-mandated Bible reading
B) forced sterilization
C) segregated education
D) discrimination against homosexuals
E) imprisonment without a trial

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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An article accusing Barack Obama of being a drug addict is an example of __________.

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In Roth v.U.S.,the U.S.Supreme Court held that material must be utterly without social importance in order to be considered __________.


A) illegal
B) obscene
C) hate speech
D) fighting words
E) a prior restraint

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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What standard did the Supreme Court use in Dennis v.United States to approve convictions of leaders of the Communist Party based on their violation of the Smith Act?


A) preferred position
B) gravity of the danger
C) category of speech
D) clear and present danger
E) bad tendency

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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One prong of the Lemon test is that the law has a __________ secular purpose.

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An early effort to define __________ focused on whether the material had any serious literary,artistic,political,or scientific value.

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The Supreme Court has used selective incorporation to __________ the rights of states.


A) protect
B) limit
C) expand
D) define
E) enforce

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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__________ include profanity,obscenity,and threats.

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