Civics Unit Civil Liberties

What is the purpose of the establishment clause?

• To give citizens the right to form religious groups

• To prevent the government from forcing a religion on people (to ensure a wall of separation between church and state)

• To give government power to choose a state religion

• To stop citizens from practicing religion in public

What would be an example of a religious practice that COULD be prohibited by our laws?

• Burning incense during meditation

• Child sacrifice

• Special church services to pray for healing

Which one of these is the LEAST protected by the First Amendment?

• Your right to criticize your mayor.

• Your right to criticize your senator.

• Your right to criticize your boss at your company.

• Your right to criticize the President.

What is NOT a civil liberty granted in the 1st Amendment?

• Right to Due Process

• Freedom Of Speech

• Freedom To Petition

• Freedom Of The Press

What is probable cause?

• Permission from a person to enter/search their property

• Reasonable basis for believing a crime may have been committed

• Emergency circumstances that allows someone to enter the premises without consent or a warrant

• A legal document authorizing police officers to enter & search the premises.

In Wisconsin v. Yoder, the Supreme Court ruled

• school-endorsed prayer violates the Establishment Clause

• symbolic free speech is protected in schools

• compelling Amish students to attend school past the eighth grade violates the free exercise clause

In Tinker v. des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled

• students shed all their rights "at the schoolhouse gate"

• symbolic free speech is protected in schools, so long as the speech is not disruptive or impinges upon the rights of others

• a school newspaper is not a form of protected speech because it is not part of the free press

In Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court ruled

• A law that limits an individual's access to a firearm, or limits the capacity of a magazine, is constitutional

• A law that limits one's speech due to its aggressive nature, or if the speech is classified as "hate speech," the law is constitutional

• A law that has a nonsecular purpose, does not advance or inhibit religion, and does not create an excessive entanglement with government, is constitutional

3. Police arrest a professional reporter for writing an article that criticizes the government. Which first amendment freedom is being violated?

• speech

• press

• religion

• protest

4. Your public school principal punishes you for attending a city-wide demonstration during school hours. Which first amendment freedom are you exercising?

• press

• petition

• assembly

• religion