Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Quiz # 2

The prohibition on government from restricting religious beliefs or practices is known as the

• No Interference Clause.

• Religious Clause.

• Free Practice Clause.

• Free Exercise Clause.

The abridgment of citizens' freedom to worship, or not to worship, as they please is prohibited by the

• establishment clause.

• Second Amendment.

• due process clause.

• free exercise clause.

In dealing with First Amendment cases involving religion, the Supreme Court has ruled that

• the Constitution does not protect anti-religious beliefs and practices.

• government must not interfere with any expression of religious faith.

• while all religious beliefs are constitutionally protected, all religious practices are not.

• such questions should be resolved at the state and local levels of government.

According to more recent Supreme Court rulings, the government can outlaw religious practices that

• are not found in mainstream religions.

• involve non-Protestant rituals.

• threaten health, safety, or welfare.

• the majority of people would find offensive.

The free-exercise clause protects

• the president from forcibly revealing private conversations with

• individuals who, for religious reasons, refuse to pay Social Security taxes

• voluntary prayer by student groups before school

• a person's right to burn the American flag

All of the following statements reflect positions the Supreme Court has taken with regard to the right of free speech EXCEPT:

• A restriction on the right of free speech should always be viewed with skepticism.

• Government has an obligation to try to ensure citizens the right to be heard.

• The right to free speech is a fundamental natural right.

• There are no acceptable government restrictions on free speech.

In Schenck v. United States (1919), Justice Holmes said that speech can be restricted when it

• is expressed on private property.

• is spoken rather than non-verbal or symbolic.

• provokes "a clear and present danger" to people.

• advocates the violent overthrow of the United States.

The clear-and-present-danger test devised by the Supreme Court was designed to define the conditions under which public authorities could

• commit troops to situations of potential foreign combat

• suspend habeas corpus protections

• ban obscene materials

• limit free speech

In Schenck v. United States (1919), Justice Holmes said that speech can be restricted when it

• is spoken rather than non-verbal or symbolic.

• provokes "a clear and present danger" to people.

• advocates the violent overthrow of the United States.

• is uttered by government officials in an effort to establish a religion.

According to the clear and present danger test, speech may be restricted

• if it is deemed offensive to religious organizations

• when it lacks a political purpose

• if the writer or speaker is not a citizen of the United States

• when it incites violent action