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POLS 1101-52: Quiz 3 Name: 1. Civil rights protections are provided in the: a. Second Amendment d. Voting Rights Act b. 14t Amendment II but A c. 15t Amendment 2. After Reconstruction ended, several laws enacted in the South sought to legalize discrimination against African Americans. An example of Jim Crow laws regarding voting is the application of the a. Poll tax on white, female voters d. 13" Amendment b. Voting Rights Act e. CRA and CRAII Grandfather Clause 3. An extension of the Civil Rights legislation passed in the 1960s, typically involves admissions or hiring policies aimed at rebalancing past discrimination by giving special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups. a. the Equal Society Principle d. Reverse Action b. Reconstruction ffirmative Action c. Equal Advancement 4. Challenged recently by several states, the invalidated laws that disenfranchised minority voters and gave the national government oversight over state electoral laws and administration. a. Civil Rights Act (CRA) d. Fourteenth Amendment b. Civil Rights Act Il (CRA1I) e. Universal Suffrage Act (USA) (©)Voting Rights Act (VRA) 5. An important component of Fourth Amendment protections is the “exclusionary rule,” which establishes that a. Defendants cannot be denied a grand jury trial b. Individuals retain full privacy rights except in cases of child pornography or pedophilia c. Miranda rights can be suspended in exigent circumstances Evidence obtained illegally may be inadmissible in court e. Warrants are required to search all private property, except with prison cells 6. Regarding eminent domain in the Fifth Amendment, the “takings clause” that ('a)Owners be compensated for property taken by the government 0. Property can only be taken to serve national security interests c. Only the national government may take land or property from citizens d. Land or property can only be taken to serve national, economic interests e. Both chambers of Congress approve any projects that will take land/property from citizens 7. One of the main sources of conflict in eminent domain cases is a. Whether government effectively proves a higher security/economic interest will be served Differing opinions on the amount of compensation considered “fair” c. Whether owners can refuse to surrender property and appeal to the Supreme Court d. The framers never mentioned eminent domain specifically in the Constitution e. Property owners are paid with U.S. bonds, which are virtually useless
8. Although guarantees that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime, exceptions exist, such as the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson. a. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) d. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) ouble jeopardy e. the Exclusionary Rule c. Due process 9. While the Sixth Amendment guarantees legal counsel and a public defender during criminal prosecution, recent controversy questions the quality of advice and equality under the law because a. Public defenders have greater resources and sway over judges than private attorneys b. Private attorneys seek plea deals that close quickly, increasing the number of cases and paying clients c. Attorneys increasingly attracted to public service and fewer choosing private practice make it more difficult for non-indigent defendants to find competent legal representation, calling into question equality under the law verwhelming caseloads of public defenders severely limit resources and time for legal counsel to defendants, who are frequently advised to accept plea deals e. Public defenders are more likely to be corrupt, regardless of the cost to the client or justice system 10. The Eighth Amendment provides protections against excessive bail and cruel and unusual treatment, the latter of which has proven deeply divisive on issues of torture and a. Forced sterilization eath penalty b. Invidious profiling e. Prison conditions c. Life sentencing for drug convictions BONUS 1. The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson (2022) overturned the dominant interpretation that state abortion bans violated the 9" and 14" Amendments, instead arguing that Authority over reproductive/abortion issues are not a specified in the Enumerated Powers of the federal government and thus fall solely within state jurisdiction, according to the 10" Amendment b. The 14t Amendment prohibits federal government interference in state laws dealing with family, sex, privacy, and reproductive issues c. The Establishment Clause prohibits the federal government from protecting personal liberties if doing so challenges religious beliefs; in other words, prohibiting government bias opposing religious belief(s) d. The 10" Amendment gives supremacy to state law over equal rights to get elective medical procedures e. None of the above 2. Since 1990, the overall trend has been away from individual abortion rights. False
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