1. _____ is a law violates due process that fails to clearly inform individuals of what acts are prohibited and/or fails to establish clear standards for the police.
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Void for Vagueness
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2. Is true Threat a threat of bodily harm directed against an individual or a group of individuals?
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True
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3. _____ is known as the state has the burden of demonstrating that a law employing a racial or ethnic classification is strictly necessary to accomplish a valid objective.
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Strict Scrutiny Test
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4. _____ is defined as individual may not be punished for an act that was not criminally condemned in a statute prior to the commission of the act.
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Rule of Legality
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5. _____ is a law is presumed valid so long as it is reasonably related to a valid state purpose.
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Rational Basis Test
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6. Is privacy the constitutional right to be free from unjustified governmental intrusion into the sphere of personal autonomy?
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True
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7. _____ is known as a statute that is unconstitutionally broad and punishes both unprotected speech or conduct and protected speech or conduct.
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Overbreadth
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8. _____ is defined as no crime without law, no punishment without law.
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nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege
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9. _____ is law presumed constitutional so long as reasonably related to a valid state purpose.
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Minimum Level of Scrutiny Test
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10. Is libel a civil action for words that harm an individual’s reputation?
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True
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11. _____ is known as classifications based on gender must be factually related to differences based on gender and must be substantially related to the achievement of a valid state objective.
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Intermediate Level of Scrutiny
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12. _____ is defined as the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is interpreted to include most of the rights contained in the Bill of Rights and extends these protections to the states.
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Incorporation Theory
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13. _____ is words provoking individuals to breach the peace.
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Incitement to Violent Action
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14. Is hate Speech speech that denigrates, humiliates, and attacks individuals on account of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual preference, or other personal characteristics and preferences?
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True
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15. _____ is known as protects freedom of expression, assembly, and the exercise of religion and prohibits the establishment of a religion.
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First Amendment
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16. _____ is defined as insulting words causing a breach of the peace.
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Fighting Words
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17. _____ is a law declaring an act criminal following the commission of the act.
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ex post facto law
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18. Is equal Protection the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution guarantee individuals equal protection of the law?
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True
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19. _____ is known as a constitutional system that limits the powers of the government.
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Constitutional Democracy
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20. _____ is defined as first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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Bill of Rights
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21. _____ is legislative acts act directed against an individual or group of individuals imposing punishment without trial.
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Bills of Attainder
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22. An ex post facto law is enforced in a criminal trial.
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True
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23. A radio disc jockey holds a contest where listeners send cell phone picture-messages with their most attractive co-worker. The city government dislikes this competition and forces him to stop the contest through legal action. The jockey appeals this on the grounds of free speech. From what you have learned, should his appeal succeed?
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Yes, the government should have no grounds to limit this form of speech
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24. Due to federalism, states are allowed to outlaw flag-burning.
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False
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25. Ex post facto laws are laws that are passed ______.
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After the fact
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26. All of the following were identified as a common characteristic shared by speech lacking First Amendment protection EXCEPT ______.
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The expression offends the majority of community members in which it takes place
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27. A law is passed that distinguishes citizens based on their age. This law must pass which level of analysis?
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Rational basis
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28. A legislative act that punishes an individual or a group of persons without the benefit of a trial is referred to as an amendment.
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False
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29. A law is passed that distinguishes citizens based on their ethnic background. This law must pass which level of analysis?
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Strict scrutiny
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30. The U.S. Constitution does all but which of the following?
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Requires equal sentencing
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31. The U.S. Constitution does what?
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Limits the Power of government
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32. Freedom of speech is granted in which Amendment?
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First Amendment
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33. The rule of legality has been characterized as the first principle of American criminal law and jurisprudence.
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True
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34. The majority of the Bill of Rights was applied to the states by means of ______.
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Incorporation
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35. One of the most hotly debated issues concerning the Second Amendment is whether the right to possess arms is limited to individuals participating in the militia or whether it extends to individuals unconnected to the militia.
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True
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36. All of the following were identified as functions central to democracy performed by freedom of expression EXCEPT for ______.
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Allows dissent
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Contemporary Criminal Law (U.S.) MCQs | Topic-wise
