Civil Liberties

According to the text, what is the primary distinction between civil liberties and civil rights?

What is a bill of attainder, which is prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution?

Which Supreme Court case established that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government and not to the states?

The gradual process of making some guarantees of the Bill of Rights apply to state governments and the national government is known as:

The 'Lemon test', established in Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), is used by the courts to determine if a law violates which clause of the First Amendment?

Which test, narrowed by the 'peyote case' in 1990, did the Supreme Court use in the 1960s and 1970s to determine if a law could limit a religious practice?

In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Employment Division v. Smith, Congress passed which law in 1993 to restore a stricter standard for regulating religious practices?

In the 1969 case Brandenburg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court found that only speech constituting a direct call or plan to what could be suppressed?

The Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) made it harder for which group to win a libel lawsuit?

Which Supreme Court case established the 'Miller test' for determining if something is obscene?

In the 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found for the first time that the Second Amendment protects what?

What is the primary purpose of the Fourth Amendment?

The requirement for law enforcement to inform suspects of their rights before custodial interrogation stems from which landmark 1966 Supreme Court case?

The 'takings clause' of the Fifth Amendment, which relates to the power of eminent domain, states that private property cannot be taken for public use without what?

In what year did the Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, first explicitly spell out a constitutional right to privacy?

The 'undue burden test,' which replaced the trimester framework for abortion regulations, was established in which 1992 Supreme Court case?

What right, not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, have courts said may be at least partially based on the Ninth Amendment?

The Tenth Amendment focuses on reserving powers to which entities?

The USA PATRIOT Act, passed after the 9/11 attacks, primarily raised civil liberties concerns related to which of the following?

Which right, essential to the legal process, was extended to the states for serious crimes in the landmark 1963 case Gideon v. Wainwright?

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prevents the execution of which group?

What is the term for an agreement between a defendant and a prosecutor where the defendant pleads guilty in exchange for more lenient punishment?

The Anti-Federalists opposed the original Constitution primarily because they believed it lacked what?

The 'fruit of the poisonous tree' is an extension of which legal rule?

The text states that in a notorious 2005 case, Kelo v. City of New London, the Supreme Court sided with municipal officials who used eminent domain to take private homes for what purpose?

What does the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

What is the name for laws, often religiously inspired, that limit working hours or shutter businesses on Sunday?

In Near v. Minnesota (1931), the Supreme Court ruled that the government generally could not engage in what practice related to freedom of the press?

Which First Amendment right is not explicitly mentioned in the text of the amendment but is generally considered to be encompassed by the rights of speech, press, assembly, and petition?

The double jeopardy rule in the Fifth Amendment protects individuals from which of the following?

What is the purpose of the Ninth Amendment?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three criteria of the Lemon test for laws concerning religion?

In the 2003 case Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court invalidated state laws that criminalized what?

What is 'ceremonial deism,' which the courts have generally tolerated?

Which amendment protects individuals from being forced to quarter soldiers in their homes?

What right, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, did the Supreme Court’s decision in Barker v. Wingo (1972) address?

How many amendments were originally proposed by James Madison in the First Congress before being narrowed down to the ten that became the Bill of Rights?

What is an ex post facto law?

What must law enforcement demonstrate to a judge to obtain a search warrant?

Which case involved a law that forbade even married individuals to use any form of contraception?

The Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson (1989) found flag burning to be a form of what?

Which historical event prompted the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to guarantee rights for freed slaves?

Under the Fifth Amendment, a person can be tried in federal court for a felony only after what has occurred?

What is the common-law right inherited from English law that allows a person to demand a neutral judge decide if their detention is lawful?

In what year were the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, ratified?

In Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), the Supreme Court upheld students' rights to engage in symbolic speech as long as it did not create what?

Which of these is NOT one of the three categories the text uses to broadly divide the provisions of the Bill of Rights?

According to the text, the due process clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantees that people will be what?

The Supreme Court's ruling in Schenck v. United States (1919) established what famous standard for judging the limits of free speech?

Which 2010 Supreme Court case incorporated the Second Amendment's right to bear arms to the states?