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Chapters 40-42
Freedom of religion, privacy, and due process
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11th Grade
10/28/2010

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The first right protected by the First Amendment is freedom from the establishment of religion.
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True
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Artcle VIof the Constitution nprohibits the government from requiring any religious test for public office.
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True
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The establishment clause protects the rights of individuals to worship or believe as they choose.
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False
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The U.S. Supreme Court heard more than 100 cases dealing with church-state relations in its early years, but in the last 30 years it has only heard about five cases.
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False
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The wall of sparation between church and state is complete.
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False
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Churche cannot legally be helped by the government in any way.
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False
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The edorsement test and the Lemom test are used in establishment cases.
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True
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Government displays of the Ten Commandments may or may not violate the Constitution, depending upon the context.
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True
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Acions based on religious belief are always protected, although religious beliefs are not always protected.
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False
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The establishment clause and the free exercise clause often come into conflict with each other.
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True
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Which of the following could be part of the U.S. Supreme Court's dissenting opinion in the case of Wisconsin v. Yoder?
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Education through age 16 is necessare for students to achieve economic self-reliance.
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The establishment clause
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was considered to establish a "wall of separation" according to Thomas Jefferson.
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The courts have generally held school-sponsored prayer during the regular school hours to be
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a violation of the First Amendment.
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The free exercise clause is associated with
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religion.
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The Supreme Court uses a three-part test to decide whether a law is a violation of the establishment clause. Which of the following is part of the test?
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The primary effect of the law must neither advance nor prohibit religion.
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A rabbi's invocation and benediction at a school graduation.
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establishment clause
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An Amish community's refusal to send children to school through age 16.
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Free Exercise Clause
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A Morman Man's claim to be able to have more than one wife since polygamy is a recognized part of his religion
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free exercise clause
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State programsthat provide vouchers to low-income parents to help pay tuition at a variety of nonpublic schools, including religiously affiliated schools
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establishment clause
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protects the right of individuals to worship as they choose
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free exercise clause
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asks whether the law or government action has the purpose or effect of endorsing religion
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endorsement test
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violates the establishment clause
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school-sponsored prayer
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forbids government from setting up churches
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establishment clause
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permitted under the free exercise clause
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animal sacrifice
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Due process has two parts--procedural and substantive
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True
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Procedural due process means before a person's life, liberty, or property is taken away, the government must use fair procedures
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True
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What procedure is due a person depends upon what is being taken away.
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True
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A person facing the death penalty is entitled to greater due process than a person facing loss of their fishing license.
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True
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Procedural due process means that the laws themselves have to be fair.
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False
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States are free to provide more due process in their state constitutions than what is provided by the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment.
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True
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If a law is in conflict with a fundamental right, the law will be upheld if it is reasonable.
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False
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All thefundamental rights are stated in the Constitution.
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False
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The two basic elements of procedural due process are notice of the action and a chance to comment on the proposed action.
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True
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Hyung Joon Kim was deported after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the federal law that allowed deportation without a hearing of permenent residents who had committed certain crimes did not violate
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procedural due process
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In Goss v. Lopez, the U.S. Supreme Court detemined that due process rights of students suspended for ten days or less were violated because the schools did not provide
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all of the above
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A sex offender released from prison complained that personal information about him was included on a state-sponsored Internet site. He claimed that listing his information without a court hearing to determine whether he was currently deangerous violated his right to
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procedural due process
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Doctors in one stae claimed that the law making it a crime to assist another person in committing suicide violated the due process clause. The state argued that
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its interest in preserving life outweights an individual's interest in physician-assisted suicide
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The due process procedures required in specific situations depend on
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all of the above
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Basis for striking down child labor laws in the first third of the twentieth centure
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substantive
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Includes notice and a chance to have a say
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procedural
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Prevents arbitrary, unreasonable decisions
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procedural
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Requres a compelling state interest when social and economic laws affect privacy
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substantive
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May include right to hearing, cross examination, access to attorney
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procedural
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Use decreased as courts deferred more to wisdon of legislators
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substantive
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Mos due process cases today
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procedural
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requires state and local governments to provide due process
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Fourteenth Amendment
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right to marry, right to bear arms.....
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implied fundamental rights
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justfication required to preserve laws that affect a fundamental right
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compelling state interest
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fair administration of the law
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procedural due process
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have fewe rights that U.S. citizens
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permanent residents
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The right to privacy is written in the Bill of Rights
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False
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The right to privacy is a fundamental right protected by substantive due process
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true
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When the individual's right to privacy conflicts with an important government interest, the courts will balance the right against the interest.
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true
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The saying that "a person's home is his or her castle" reflects the strong protection given to privacy in the home.
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true
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While people have a right to possess obscene materials in their own home...
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true
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There is no constitutional right for consenting adults to engage in homosexual practices in their own home
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false
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Students' belongings at school receive some privacy protection, and administrators must have a reasonable suspicion before searching such items.
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true
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The federal law the prohibits the release of school records to third parties.....
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true
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Most information that the government has about an individual must be released if requested
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false
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Parents have an absolute veto power over abortion decisions of their minor-age, unwed daughters
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false
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In analyzing whether suspicionless drug testing of political candidates is constitutional, the Supreme Court
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balanced the privacy rights of candidates with the state's interest in having drug-free officials
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Which of the following statements is true today?
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There is a movement to limit privacy protections under the U.S. Constitution
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Which is true of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
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Parents may have access to their children's school records
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Where is privacy protected the most?
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home
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Overturng a 1986 case, the U.S. Supreme Court is 2003 ruled that the sexual practices of two consenting adults in their own home
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are protected by a constitutional right to privacy and a fundamental right to be let alone
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prevents gov from releasing most info about a person without consent
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privacy act of 1974
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established the constitutional right to an abortion under the right to privacy
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roe v. wade
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protected areas derived from several rights in the Constitution
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zones of privacy
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basis for unsuccessful claim that peer grading violates the rights of students
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family educational rights and privacy act
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standard used to resolve conflicts between right to privacy and other important government interests
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