Question 1

In a 2004 case involving the issue of whether a U.S.citizen accused of terrorist acts is entitled to constitutional protections,the Supreme Court held that such citizens

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A)  are protected only if they live in the United States.
B)  are protected only if they have not been previously convicted of a crime.
C)  are protected only if law enforcement officials decide they deserve such protections.
D)  must be handled by military courts.
E)  do have the right to a judicial hearing.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

The Supreme Court

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A)  has ruled that even forms of symbolic speech considered to be dangerous to the public are protected.
B)  ruled during the Vietnam war that the burning of draft registration cards was a protected form of symbolic speech.
C)  has reduced its protections of symbolic speech dramatically,and recently has ruled against flag burning as a form of protected symbolic speech.
D)  has protected symbolic speech much more substantially than it has protected verbal speech.
E)  has generally protected symbolic speech,though less substantially than it has protected verbal speech.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

The Miranda warning was strengthened by the Supreme Court in 2004 in

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A)  Palko v.Connecticut.
B)  Stenberg v.Carhart.
C)  Reno v.ACLU.
D)  Ferguson v.Charleston.
E)  Missouri v.Siebert.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

In the Johnson flag-burning case,the Supreme Court ruled that

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A)  flag burning is an imminent danger to public safety.
B)  flag burning is not symbolic speech.
C)  flag burning,although offensive,cannot be prohibited.
D)  flag burning can be prohibited by the national government but not by the states.
E)  flag burning could be banned by Congress.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

Spoken words that are known to be false and harmful to a person's reputation are an example of

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A)  libel.
B)  slander.
C)  blasphemy.
D)  obscenity.
E)  symbolic speech.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is true of the appeal process?

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A)  The Constitution guarantees at least one appeal after conviction,but many states continue to challenge this guarantee in court.
B)  Both the federal and all state constitutions guarantee an appeal after conviction.
C)  The Constitution does not guarantee an appeal after conviction,but the federal government and all states permit at least one appeal.
D)  There are no guarantees of appeal at the federal or state level,but the appeal process has been effectively certified through common practice.
E)  The guarantee of appeal in the states was established as part of selective incorporation as applied to the Fourteenth Amendment.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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