Chapter 4 - Civil Liberties

Answer each of the questions below by clicking on the appropriate option. If you make a mistake, read the feedback and answer again.

Question 1
How are individual rights nationalized?

a. The Supreme Court decides that it is time to incorporate, and thereby nationalize, a right based on Congress' recommendations.

b. Someone who believes his right has been violated must take his case to the Supreme Court, at which point the Court can incorporate the right into the 14th Amendment, thereby nationalizing that right.

c. Either the president or Congress can ask the Supreme Court to issue a hypothetical ruling on the right in question, at which point Congress can pass legislation to formalize it.

d. Individual states must first approve a right, then ask the Supreme Court to validate the states' actions by incorporating the right into the 14th Amendment.

Question 2
Which of the following is not a reason why a right may not be nationalized?

a. A case has not been brought to the Court regarding the specific right.

b. There are other methods states can employ that still preserve the basic protections that the right would also guarantee.

c. The right in question deals with an obsolete issue.

d. The president has objected publicly to the right in question.

Question 3
What is due process?

a. Due process is a set of procedures that the government must follow in order to protect our civil liberties.

b. Due process is the list of Miranda rights that police officers must read to anyone they arrest.

c. Due process is the set of procedures that outline how court proceedings are supposed to be carried out.

d. Due process is a collection of powers that the government can use to maintain order in society.

Question 4
The right to privacy is written into the Constitution.

a. True

b. False

Question 5
The entire Bill of Rights has been nationalized.

a. True

b. False

Question 6
Only the defendant can waive his right to a speedy trial, as provided in the Sixth Amendment.

a. True

b. False

Question 7
Execution is currently considered a violation of the Eighth Amendment.

a. True

b. False

Question 8
Because the Ninth Amendment does not enumerate specific rights, it is considered less important than other amendments.

a. True

b. False

Question 9
Some rights have been guaranteed to the people since 1789.

a. True

b. False