Chapter 4 Civil Liberties

Barbour and Wright argue that

all of the major institutions in American politics can act to help resolve struggles over rights

A protester who burns her American flag during an anti-war demonstration is trafficking in

symbolic speech

When a newspaper is censored in advance of its publication by agents of the government who remove a sensitive story, they are engaging in

prior restraint

Several parts of the Bill of Rights and the original text of the Constitution protect the due process rights of criminal defendants

true

Barbour and Wright imply that the extent of Americans' civil rights and civil liberties protections

can change as the composition of the Supreme Court shifts

Although governments can generally use coercion to compel their populaces to do what they might not otherwise want to do, Barbour and Wright imply that in democracies,

public opinion and the need for politicians to be reelected generally reduce state violations of rights

Apart from what Gitlow v. New York (1925) had to say about Americans' free speech rights, the case is also important because it

shifted, from the states to the federal government, the burden of determining which rights of citizens that states must protect

Prior to tapping a criminal suspect's phone, the police must

obtain a search warrant

In cases concerning compulsory flag salute laws, the Supreme Court

changed its mind but eventually stated that no one can be forced to participate in flag ceremonies

In contrast to how most people feel about the Bill of Rights today, some Federalists argued that this addition to the Constitution

was a bad idea

One place where the Supreme Court has changed its mind in recent years concerning the applicability of the right to privacy is in the case of whether

consensual sodomy is protected behavior

The Supreme Court usually upholds laws that are designed to punish a class of speech called fighting words

false

If a state government tried to seize a farmer's land to build a new highway without compensating that land owner, this action by the state would be a clear violation of the principle of

due process of law

In discussing the duties that go along with citizenship, the authors of your textbook maintain that with rights should come the

obligation to support them

A major difference between civil liberties and civil rights is that civil liberties

place restrictions on the government while civil rights are secured by the government

The Supreme Court has used the Tenth Amendment to apply the protections found in the Bill of Rights to the states

false

Susan is on trial for burglary, and the prosecutor in that case compels her to testify during the proceedings even though she states that she does not want to participate. This action by the prosecutor is a clear violation of the ______ Amendment

fifth

Mapp v. Ohio (1961) is responsible for

applying the exclusionary rule to the states

Americans' civil rights are guaranteed by the voting and citizenship rights amendments

true

The Supreme Court has historically had a difficult time defining obscenity because

much subjectivity exists on this question

An implication of the free exercise clause is that

citizens may choose not to participate in any religious activities

According to the definition employed by Barbour and Wright, an example of political correctness in action would be

the belief that using the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism" will counteract political violence

The Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination applies only in courtroom proceedings

false

Barbour and Wright conclude that the founders' support for the freedom of religion was based on

keeping politics out of religion and the other way around

Your textbook authors indicate that in recent years American women's abortion rights have

narrowed somewhat, even if the procedure remains legal