The First Quiz

1. The First Quiz REVIEW

2. What did Justice Oliver Wendle Holmes say about our Freedom of speech?

3. What did Justice Oliver Wendle Holmes say about our Freedom of speech? “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing panic”

4. What is protected in the First Amendment?

5. What is protected in the First Amendment? Press, speech, religion, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.

6. The Fourth Amendment protects us from what?

7. The Fourth Amendment protects us from what? The unreasonable search and seizure of our homes and property.

8. How has the First Amendment been limited by the courts?

9. How has the First Amendment been limited by the courts? Libel and slander for speech, limits on religion to practiced within the law, permits for public assembly, press can’t print national security issues…

10. Has the Second Amendment ever been limited by either the courts or government?

11. Has the Second Amendment ever been limited by either the courts or government? Yes…people have to register their hand guns, some guns have been banned (only to be re-released later with a slight change and a new name).

12. What is libel?

13. What is libel? When someone prints damaging and false information about someone in a newspaper, magazine, book, or some other such printed matter.

14. What is slander?

15. What is slander? When you say something damaging and false about someone, either in a speech or on YouTube, or some other venue for your voice.

16. What kind of freedoms do students have regarding religion in public schools?

17. What kind of freedoms do students have regarding religion in public schools? They can still pray by themselves or in with friends, they can have a Bible club, they can read their Bible on their own time (as long as other students are allowed to read their own books).

18. What is probable cause?

19. What is probable cause? What the police must have, in order to search your home or car. They must have reasonable evidence that a crime has been committed.

20. What were the key points in Engel v. Vitale?

21. What were the key points in Engel v. Vitale? 5 parents sued to keep prayer out of school, lost at the state level, but the Supreme Court ruled that prayer was by definition a religious activity and therefore, not allowed under the Constitution.

22. What does the First Amendment say about religion?

23. What does the First Amendment say about religion? There are two clauses… The Establishment clause – the government cannot establish a national religion The Free Exercise clause – we are free to exercise our religion as we see fit, for the most part.

24. Why didn’t the framers of the Constitution spell out every liberty?

25. Why didn’t the framers of the Constitution spell out every liberty? They realized they didn’t have to spell out every liberty, so they created the Ninth Amendment – “just because we haven’t thought of it, doesn’t mean they don’t exist”.

26. Is the Third Amendment relevant today?

27. Is the Third Amendment relevant today? Well, we don’t have to worry about troops being housed in our homes, but the idea of privacy of our homes certainly lives within the Third Amendment.

28. The End