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PLSI 2 Study guide exam #2 questions with correct answers 2024/2025
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PLSI 2 Study guide exam #2Civil Rights - ANS-rights the government must provide
-voting rights, equal opportunities, and equal protection under the law
Civil liberties - ANSbasic rights the government may not infringe
Supreme Court appointment process - ANS-has become much more partisan and ideological
-Regan appointed Robert Bork who was very conservative (apart of watergate scandal)
-Regan nominated Anthony Kennedy
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court? - ANSSandra Day O'Connor
1st amendment - ANSfreedom of speech, association/assembly, petition, religion (clause and
free exercise)
2nd amendment - ANSprivate gun ownership
3rd amendment - ANSfreedom from government surveillance
4th amendment - ANSfreedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, warrants and
probable clause, personal property rights, and due process
5th amendment - ANSright to remain silent, private (real) property rights/eminent domain, due
process
6th amendment - ANSright to an attorney (counsel), due process
8th amendment - ANSfreedom from cruel and unusual punishment
9th amendment - ANSundefined rights retained by the people
13th amendment (civil rights amendment) - ANSends slavery (although human trafficking
persists to this day)
14th amendment (civil rights amendment) - ANSequal protection/due process under the law,
equal opportunity, equal rights, citizenship rights/birthright citizenship
15th amendment (civil rights amendment) - ANSall citizens granted right to vote
19th amendment (civil rights amendment) - ANSall female citizens granted right to vote
, 26th amendment (civil rights amendment) - ANSall citizens between the ages of 18-21 given the
right to vote
The doctrine of Selective Incorporation is? - ANSusing the 14th amendment to apply parts of the
Bills of Rights to the states
Gitlow v. New York (1925) - ANSruling prohibited state governments from abridging freedom of
speech and censoring political writings through Selective Incorporation
Griswold v CT (1965) - ANS-fighting for social rights in the 60's
-Griswold's go to court for selling birth control
-right to privacy
Roe v. Wade - ANSdecision that women have a right to abortion during the 1st two trimesters
U.S. Patriot Act of 2001 - ANS-passed in Oct. 2001 after 9/11
-pro: will prevent another 9/11
-con: it is severe threat to civil liberties
-most controversial sections are 213, 215, 216, 218, 411, 412, 505, 802
-renewal debate for "sunset sections"
Sunset prevision - ANSis when a law has an expiration date
*happens during election years*
De jure discrimination - ANSby law, formal laws or rules that discriminate against people
(institutional)
De facto discrimination - ANSin practice (economic discrimination)
Institutionalized - ANSmake it apart of the law
Brown v. Board North (1954-55) - ANS-a class action suite/group of people
-school desegregation case
-President Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren to Cheif Justice
-1954 desegregation of schools was ordered
Plessy v. Ferguson - ANS-can have separate but equal facilities
-if you had one drop of any other race, you were not considered white
-1954, desegregation must take place with all deliberate speed
Bakke v. UC Davis - ANSsets limits on such programs such as affirmative action
Supreme Court functions - ANS1. legitimacy
2.interpretation
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