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Civil Liberties and Public Policy
Multiple-Choice Quiz

1 .       Civil liberties consist of [Hint]



2 .       The application of the Bill of Rights to the states is called the [Hint]



3 .       The "wall of separation" separates [Hint]



4 .       The Supreme Court has interpreted the establishment clause of the First Amendment as [Hint]



5 .       Time and time again, the Supreme Court has protected freedom of the press by [Hint]



6 .       In Schenck v. United States (1919), Justice Holmes said that speech can be restricted when it [Hint]



7 .       Some states have passed shield laws that protect [Hint]



8 .       Obscenity is [Hint]



9 .       The publication of statements known to be false that are malicious and tend to damage a person's reputation is called [Hint]



10 .       Which of the following has received the greatest amount of regulation by the federal government? [Hint]



11 .       Which of the following statements about freedom of assembly is FALSE? [Hint]



12 .       The exclusionary rule, which was applied to state governments as well as the federal government in Mapp v. Ohio (1961), meant that [Hint]



13 .       Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination means that [Hint]



14 .       The Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to a lawyer was extended to state courts by the Supreme Court case of [Hint]



15 .       Most cases are settled through [Hint]



16 .       The Constitution [Hint]



17 .       The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty [Hint]



18 .       In Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the Supreme Court for the first time [Hint]



19 .       In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme Court [Hint]



20 .       In the 1992 case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Court DID NOT [Hint]



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