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1.
What type of power does the Constitution grant to the Supreme Court?
(1 point)
executive power
federal power
judicial power
legislative power
2.
Which are examples of judicial restraint in the Supreme Court? Select all that apply.
(3 points)
•The verdict overturns the lower court’s ruling and sets a new precedent.
•The verdict is narrowly for the defendant, letting the previous verdict stand.
•The court uses previous cases as examples of what path to follow in their verdict.
•The court decides that the law must be rewritten to provide civil liberties for all.
•The court refuses to hear a case.
The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
–Schenck v. United States
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
3.
In this excerpt, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes explains his ruling in Schenck v. United States. What argument is Holmes making about personal rights and free speech?
(1 point)
•The constitutional protection of free speech is absolute, and each person has a right to express his or herself however he or she wishes.
•The government has the authority to prohibit or limit free speech whenever it wants and for any reason.
•The protection of free speech is important, but there are some cases in which personal expression is irresponsible and can be banned.
•The public has the responsibility to decide when people are abusing their right to free speech.
4.
Which is an example of prior restraint?
(1 point)
•An editor reviews a newspaper article before it is published and removes it because it is poorly researched.
•An interviewer goes“off the record” during an interview.
•Posters advertising a movie are removed because of indecency.
•The military censors a reporter’s articles when the reporter is embedded with a military unit in the field.
5.
What is the general rule used by the Supreme Court when deciding if civil disobedience is a constitutionally protected right?
(1 point)
•If the protest is nonviolent, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment right to free assembly.
•Civil disobedience is not protected by the First Amendment, and so protesters may be charged if they break any laws.
•When the laws being protested are unconstitutional, then civil disobedience is protected by the First Amendment.
•Acts of civil disobedience are not protected if carried out on public property but have First Amendment protection on private property.
6.
Which entity can check the appointment power of the president?
(1 point)
•cabinet
•House of Representatives
•Senate
•Supreme Court
7.
Which branch does the president check by appointing Supreme Court justices?
(1 point)
•executive branch
•federal branch
•judicial branch
•legislative branch
8.
A soldier in the U.S. Army does not return to his post following a leave and is charged with desertion. In which court would his case be heard?
(1 point)
•Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
•Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
•court-martial
•Court of Federal Claims
9.
What entity has the power to create the inferior courts of the national judiciary?
(1 point)
•Congress
•president
•Supreme Court
•state legislature
10.
In the federal court system, the cases tried by the district courts
(1 point)
•are usually appealed to a higher court by the losing side.
•make up the majority of federal cases brought to trial.
•deal only with federal crimes as defined by Congress.
•always involve the United States as a plaintiff.
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