FREEDOMS 8.2 AND 8.3

The rights guaranteed in the Constitution

• are never in conflict with one another
• are the same for aliens and US citizens
• are relative , not absolute

Civil Liberties are :

• Liberties we are born with
• Rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution
• Rights given only to 18 year old adults

An example of a Civil Right is :

• Right to public education
• Right to use public facilities
• All of the above

Which constitutional provision sets up, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "a wall of separation between church and state"?

• A. the Free Exercise Clause
• C. the Establishment Clause
• D. the Religious Freedom Clause

Which of the following is NOT used as part of the Lemon test to determine whether a State law amounts to an "establishment" of religion?

• B. Determining whether the law supports the public good
• C. Determining whether the law is disentangled from religion
• D. Determining whether the law is neutral to religion

The Supreme Court has held that public schools cannot

• B. allow students to pray before eating lunch.
• C. permit the study of the Bible under any circumstance.
• D. require a moment of silence at the start of each day.

Which of the following arguments SUPPORTS State aid to parochial schools?

• B. Parents who send their children to parochial schools do not have to pay taxes to support public schools.
• C. Parochial schools enroll many students who would otherwise have to be educated at public expense.
• D. Parochial schools face harsh financial consequences as a result of their ineligibility for State funds.

Which of the following actions has the Supreme Court upheld under the Free Exercise Clause?

• A. Amish school children can be forced to attend school beyond the 8th grade.
• C. A person must obtain a license before soliciting money for a religious cause.
• D. The government can draft those who have religious objections to military service

Why is the 9th Amendment important in the protection of individual rights?

• A. Because it states that rights are relative, not absolute
• B. Because it declares that rights exist beyond those listed in the Constitution
• D. Because it protects an individual's due process of law

Read the following quotation from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic." Which of the following points is supported by this quotation?

• B. The early colonists brought a dedication to individual rights with them to America.
• C. Governmental authority in the United States is strictly limited.
• D. In the United States, each person's rights are relative to the rights of every other person.