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Section #5 Short Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

After the landmark case of __________________different types of cases the Supreme Court has had the power to strike down any law or any government action that violates constitutional principles.

a)

Marbury v. Madison 1803

b)

Schenck v. United States 1919

c)

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

d)

Wolff v. McDonnell 1974

2.

This test, established by the Supreme Court in ____________________ prohibits inherently dangerous speech, such as falsely shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater.

a)

Schenck v. United States 1919

b)

Marbury v. Madison 1803

c)

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

d)

Wolff v. McDonnell 1974

3.

The right to petition the courts in these ways is referred to as the right of access to the courts. The court discusses this right at length in the case of

a)

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

b)

Marbury v. Madison 1803

c)

Schenck v. United States 1919

d)

Wolff v. McDonnell 1974

4.

In the landmark case of ________________ the Supreme Court defined the contours of prisoner rights during prison disciplinary proceedings.

a)

Wolff v. McDonnell 1974

b)

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

c)

Schenck v. United States 1919

d)

Marbury v. Madison 1803

5.

The right to privacy is closely related to the law of search and seizure. In the landmark case of ______________ the Court determined that inmates do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their living quarters

a)

Hudson v. Palmer 1984

b)

Brown v. Mississippi (1936)

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

d)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

6.

The Fifth Amendment has an enormous impact on the practice of police interrogations. Torture, both physical and psychological, was shockingly common. Threats were often used. The problem with confessions made under such duress is those innocent persons may well confess to crimes simply to make the pain stop. The first major case prohibiting this sort of conduct was

a)

Brown v. Mississippi (1936)

b)

Hudson v. Palmer 1984

c)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

d)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

7.

The Court has linked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to the right to counsel. In the case of ________________ the Court ruled that when police questioning moves from merely investigatory to accusatory in nature, the right to counsel becomes active.

a)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

b)

Brown v. Mississippi (1936)

c)

Hudson v. Palmer 1984

d)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

8.

Ultimately, the court was not satisfied with the scope of the protections set forth in Escobedo. Two years later, the court established specific interrogation procedures to ensure the Fifth Amendment rights of criminal defendants in

a)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

b)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

c)

Hudson v. Palmer 1984

d)

Brown v. Mississippi (1936)

9.

In _____the court created the

Inevitable discovery

a)

Nix v. Williams (1984),

b)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

c)

New York v. Quarles (1984)

d)

Estelle v. Gamble (1976)

10.

In _______, the court ruled that “Deliberate indifference by prison personnel to a prisoner’s serious illness or injury constitutes cruel and unusual punishment contravening the Eighth Amendment

a)

Estelle v. Gamble (1976)

b)

Nix v Williams (1984)

c)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

d)

New York v. Quarles (1984)

11.

the Court created a public safety exception

a)

New York v. Quarles (1984)

b)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

c)

Nix v. Williams (1984),

d)

Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

12.

The Court decided that the exclusionary rule was fundamental to a fair trial and was thus applicable to the state via the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause.

a)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

b)

Nix v. Williams (1984),

c)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

d)

Terry v Arizona (1968)

13.

Perhaps the most important laws that concern police conduct are the __________________Amendments of the United States Constitution.

a)

4th and 5th

b)

4th and 6th

c)

5th and 6th

d)

6th and 8th

14.

The right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment as guaranteed by the _____________Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment only applies to criminal punishments; it has no bearing on civil cases

a)

8th

b)

6th

c)

5th

d)

4th