SS.7.C.1.9

A senator is caught speeding, what should happen?

• The Senator should be let go.
• The Senator should be arrested
• The Senator should be given a ticket and pay the fine.
• The Congressional Budget Office should pay for the ticket.

Which of the following Constitutional principles require the government to follow its own rules?

• rule of law 
• popular sovereignty
• republicanism
• judicial review

Which is a benefit of the rule of law?

• Bureaucratic government procedures are reduced.
• Government decisions are based on the will of the majority.
• Government officials can act on their own instincts in emergencies.
• Citizens are protected from arbitrary and oppressive uses of government power.

Which statement describes an impact of the rule of law?

• state of nature
• checks and balances
• separation of powers
• transparency of institution

Which characteristic serves as a long-term protection against tyranny and is a foundation of liberty in the United States?

• right to trial
• rule of law
• commerce clause
• elastic clause

In order to uphold the rule of law, courts should remain

• silent

• partial

• impartial

• dedicated

Which of the following accurately defines rule of law?

• "We are a nation of laws, not of men."
• "No one is above the law, no one is below the law.
• Everyone is held accountable to the law.
• all of the above

After sentencing a thief to 5 years of hard labor for stealing potatoes at the market the judge finds the town mayor waiting his his office. The mayor had a problem at the market, too. He lost his temper with a vendor because of the vendor's high prices. The mayor broke things in the vendor's shop and broke the vendor's arm. Because of the mayor's position, the judge agrees to overlook the offense. Which rule of law principle is the judge mostly not adhering to?

• legitimacy

• checks and balances

• equal application of the law