2019 - CR/CL Practice Exam

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Questions 1 and 2 refer to the chart below

1. Which of the following constitutional issues is represented in the graphic? *

a. Prior restraint

b. Clear and present danger

c. Free speech

d. Free exercise

2. Which of the following consequences may occur based on the data in the graph? *

a. Restrictions on offensive school speech will likely be eased

b. Americans are likely to be more open to limits on speech in the future

c. Republicans will be more open to limits on speech than Democrats

d. Men will be more likely to make offensive statements about minorities

Questions 3 and 4 refer to the cartoon below

3. Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon *

a. Affirmative action should not be allowed in the United States

b. The Supreme Court has limited the way colleges can recruit minorities

c. Republicans practice affirmative action, while Democrats do not

d. The Supreme Court refuses to consider the constitutionality of affirmative action practices

4. Which of the following best explains why the figure holding the scales of justice is blindfolded *

a. To show that justice is turning a blind eye to racial discrimination

b. To show that justice should be colorblind

c. To show that the Court has blinded justice with restrictions

d. To show that affirmative action laws are blindsided by the court

Questions 5 and 6 refer to the chart below

5. Which of the following statements concerning the data in the table is accurate *

a. A 21 year old woman would more likely support the overturn of Roe v Wade than a 65-year old

b. A person who has only completed some college would be more opposed to overturning Roe v Wade than a college graduate

c. A majority of men favor overturning Roe v Wade while the majority of women oppose overturning it

d. White evangelicals are more in favor of overturning Roe v Wade than Catholics

6. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn based on the data *

a. Generational demographic shifts are unlikely to dramatically influence public opinion on Roe v Wade

b. As citizens get older, they will tend to become significantly more opposed to overturning Roe v Wade

c. The next generation will likely identify as democrats and will be less in favor of overturning Roe v Wade

d. Religious affiliation impacts how much education citizens will complete

Questions 7-9 refer to the passage below

“It is now clear that the challenged laws burden the liberty of same-sex couples, and it must be further acknowledged that they abridge central precepts of equality. Here the marriage laws enforced by the respondents are in essence unequal: same-sex couples are denied all the benefits afforded to opposite-sex couples and are barred from exercising a fundamental right. Especially against a long history of disapproval of their relationships, this denial to same-sex couples of the right to marry works a grave and continuing harm. The imposition of this disability on gays and lesbians serves to disrespect and subordinate them.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, Majority Opinion in Obergefell v Hodges (2015)

7. Which statement best summarizes Justice Kennedy’s opinion *

a. Some level of burden on liberty of same-sex couples is acceptable

b. The framers of the Constitution did not support legal marriage of gays and lesbians

c. Same-sex couples are unfairly harmed by states’ denial of their legal marriage

d. Gay couples have the right to all tangible benefits under civil unions but not in marriage

8. Which of the following constitutional provisions would the author cite to support the opinion *

a. The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

b. The establishment clause of the First Amendment

c. The reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment

d. The due process clause of the Fifth Amendment

9. With which of the following statements would supporters of Kennedy’s position above be most likely to agree *

a. Marriage laws are rightfully left to the states to decide

b. Gays and lesbians are equal to other people under the law

c. Congress should pass a law to protect traditional marriage

d. Government should stay out of personal matters

Questions 10-13 refer to the passage below

Section 1.
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Section 1. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

10. Which part of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that the treatment of citizens in one state must be the same as a person in another state *

a. Persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens

b. States cannot make laws that violate the privileges or immunities of citizens in the US

c. States cannot deny any persons the equal protection under the law

d. States cannot deny people in their state of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

11. Which constitutional principle was established through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment *

Popular sovereignty

Federalism

Eminent domain

Selective incorporation

12. For which of the following court cases did a majority of the Supreme Court justices rely on the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in making their decision *

a. United States v Lopez (1995)

b. Roe v Wade (1973)

c. Baker v Carr (1961)

d. Shaw v Reno (1993)

13. Based on your knowledge of the Fourteenth Amendment, which of the following statements is correct *

a. The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in response to segregation laws that existed in the South after the Civil War

b. The Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause can only be used to protect individuals against violations of federal laws

c. Children of undocumented immigrants born in the US are not citizens

d. The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment can only be applied if the due process of the Fifth Amendment has been violated

Question 14 refers to the passage below

. . . I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute—where no Catholic prelate [bishop] would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote—where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference— and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him. . . .
— Senator John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1960

14. In this statement, Senator John F. Kennedy is showing his support for *

a. increasing federal aid to nonpublic schools

b. establishing a national religion

c. banning religious leaders from holding public office

d. upholding the principles of the First Amendment

15. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of substantive and procedural due process

16. Which of the following is an accurate pairing of the exclusionary rule and the establishment clause

17. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of Tinker v Des Moines (1969) and Schenck v United States (1919)

18. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of an amendment and the court case that incorporated it to the states

19. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two Supreme Court cases

20. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause

21. In what way do the decisions in Engel v Vitale and Wisconsin v Yoder differ *

a. One suggests a public policy creates an establishment of religion, while the other suggests a public policy denies the free exercise of religion

b. One was decided on free speech grounds and one was decided on free press grounds

c. One preserved a government policy and the other struck down a government policy

d. One decision resulted from judicial activism and one resulted from judicial restraint

22. Which of the constitutional provisions is at issue in Schenck v. United States? *

a. The necessary and proper clause in Article I

b. First Amendment free speech and free press rights

c. Congress’s power to declare war in Article I

d. Fourteenth Amendment due process clause

23. What was the effect of the opinion of Schenck v. United States? *

a. People can say or express anything as long as the nation is not at war.

b. During wartime, on person can criticize the U.S. government.

c. Free speech in the United States was expanded.

d. As long as speech does not present a clear and present danger, it is allowed.

24. Those who disagree with the views in the majority opinion in Schenck would likely celebrate the shaping of the Constitution in which free-speech ruling? *

a. Tinker v. Des Moines

b. Engel v. Vitale

c. United States v. Lopez

d. New York Times Co. v. United States

25. With the variety of religious denominations and religions represented at Chester A. Arthur High School, the administration has decided to bar students from wearing any religious symbols or garb that reflects a particular religious faith. Which of the following would be the best legal advice for school administrators? *

a. This is a sound policy because of the decision in Engel v. Vitale.

b. This is an unsound policy because of the because of the decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder.

c. This is a sound policy based on the Constitution’s free exercise clause unless the practice causes disruption.

d. This is an unsound policy based on the Constitution’s reserved powers clause.

26. Which of the following is the most complete summary of the selective incorporation doctrine *

a. The selection incorporation process and resulting law represent the primary intent of the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment

b. The Supreme Court has required states to apply certain rights in the Bill of Rights through the Fourteenth Amendment

c. The Supreme Court has determined that citizens have the right to own firearms

d. A separation of church and state is required even in states where large majorities of the population are strongly religious

27. Based on precedents regarding affirmative action, in which of the following situations would the Supreme Court agree to hear oral arguments *

a. Bakery owner refusing to make a cake for a same-sex couple

b. A college mandates that 10% of African Americans be admitted

c. A high school refuses to fund a Bible club

d. The president issues an executive order banning transgenders from serving in the military

28. Which of the following situations would be a violation of the due process section of the Sixth Amendment *

a. A person arrested not told he has the right to an attorney

b. The police finding evidence without a search warrant

c. The police tell you that unless you confess you will not have a jury trial

d. The police use the stop and frisk practice that results in an arrest

29. In the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education (1954), the court overturned the separate but equal doctrine precedent established in Plessy v Ferguson (1896). Which of the following describes the philosophy used by the justices in deciding the Brown case *

a. Constitutional originalism

b. Judicial Activism

c. Judicial Restraint

d. Judicial Oversight

30. In Morse v Frederick, the Supreme Court declared that student speech promoting illegal activities was unconstitutional. How is this holding different than the holding in Tinker v Des Moines? *

a. In Tinker v Des Moines, the student speech was protected because it did not cause a substantial disruption to the school day.

b. In Tinker v Des Moines, the student speech was not protected because it caused a substantial disruption to the school day.

c. In Tinker v Des Moines, the student speech was protected because it occured on school grounds.

d. In Tinker v Des Moines, the student speech was not protected because it did not occur on school grounds.

31. The right of the government to take property for public use as long as the government provides just compensation for property is called *

a. Substantive due process

b. Eminent domain

c. Public domain

d. Procedural due process

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