Pols 1100 5.2

Who is charge of bringing judical review to the courts?

• Judges who look for cases of government wrong doing

• Congressmen who check their laws constiutionallty

• Citizens who claim damages from a law or practice that was unconstitutional

• The president checking each law before he or she signs it into law

What are examples of when city politicans knowingly violating the constitution?

• policemen lying to suspects as part of the interrogation process

• Putting a nativity scene outside the courthouse paid by taxpayer dollars

• In the 1960s allowing the police to treat white and black suspects differently.

• Putting a nativity scene outside the local churhc paid by church patrons

True or false: the government can limit your speech if they simply want to

• true

• false

When should we be cautious

• When a politican tries to ban lots of books or what people read.

• When a politican tries to limit your ability to speak and think freel

• When a politican says certain ideas are terrible or repugent and must be censored

• When a politican warns is open to free speech

Which of the following cases in an example of statutory interpretation?

• Brown V. Board of Education (1954)

• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

• Dobbs V. Jackson (2022)

• Muscarello V. U.S. (1998)

true or false: the framers intended for states to have the majority of power in commerce

• true

• false

The new deal was one instance of massive _________ of the national governement power.

true or false: the government and citizens interpret the constituion differently

• true

• false

What do we learn in Mapp v. Ohio (1961) and Texas v. Johnson (1989)

• In M v. O we learn that citizens must bring their injustices to the courts. In T v. J we learn that we have the right to symbolic speech even if it is repugent to others.

• In M v. O we learn that we have the right to symbolic speech even if it is repugent to others. In T v. J we learn that citizens must bring their injustices to the courts.

• In M v. O we learn that the court has the power to overrule a previous ruling. In T v. J we learn that the court has the power to resolve disputes over meanings of laws.

• In M v. O we learn that the court has the power to resolve disputes over meanings of laws. In T v. J

  we learn that the court has the power to overrule a previous ruling.

true or false: the basic principle of the 1st amendment is that we have freedom of thought and communication

• true

• false