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1) In Griswold v, Connecticut the Court struck down a state law prohibiting the possession, sale, and distribution of contraceptives to married couples.

TRUE or FALSE

2) In the 1972 case of Roe v. Wade the Court stated that "the Constitution protects the sanctity of the family precisely because the institution of the family is deeply rooted in the Nation's history and tradition."

TRUE or FALSE

3) The Supreme Court found that Thermal imager scans of a home to be "a search" that violated the homeowner's reasonable expectation of privacy: when it comes to information about the home, said Justice Scalia, "all details are intimate details, because the entire area is held safe from prying government eyes." This is a statement from which Supreme Court case.

A. Griswold v. Connecticut          

B. Poe v. Ullman

C. Frisby v. Shultz

D. Kyllo v. United States

E. None of the above

4) Mapp v. Ohio is the landmark case on the Exclusionary Rule.

TRUE or FALSE

5) Grand juries have an investigative function, which is served through the fact that grand juries may summon witnesses by process and compel testimony and the production of evidence generally.

TRUE or FALSE

6) The ______________ Clause aims to protect against the harassment of an individual through successive prosecutions of the same alleged act, to ensure the significance of an acquittal, and to prevent the state from putting the defendant through the emotional, psychological, physical, and financial troubles that would accompany multiple trials for the same alleged offense.

 A. Commerce Clause

B. Double Jeopardy

C. Supremacy

D. Takings

7) As a general rule the Court has generally held that commercial speech _____.

A. is closer to commerce than speech

B. is not substantially different from political speech      

C. is never subject to regulation

D. is always subject to regulation

8) In __________, the Supreme Court explained the importance of this right, stating, "[I]n our adversary system of criminal justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him."

A. Gideon v. Wainright

B. Miranda v. Arizona

C. Kelo v. City of New London   

D. Green v. United States

9) Bail is ''excessive'' in violation of the Eighth Amendment when it is set at a figure higher than an amount reasonably calculated to ensure the asserted governmental interest.

TRUE or FALSE

10) In _______________the Court concluded that the framers had not merely intended to bar the reinstitution of procedures and techniques condemned in 1789, but had intended to prevent the authorization of ''a coercive cruelty being exercised through other forms of punishment.''

A. Roe v. Wade

B. Weems v. United States

C. States v. Thompson

D. Stack v. Boyle