US Politics Supreme Court Advanced Test 3

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Politics & Civics — Test 3 (Supreme Court Advanced) High School & Adult (US Government & Civics, USA) USA US Constitution, Bill of Rights & Civics (USCIS)

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For High School, University and adult learners preparing for civics/citizenship in the USA
Section: Politics & Civics — Test 3 (Supreme Court Advanced) · Education: High School & Adult · Part: Politics & Civics — Test 3 (Supreme Court Advanced) · Country: USA

Civics knowledge is crucial for knowing individual rights and responsibilities and understanding government structure.

This test is designed to assess your knowledge of constitutional law and essential civics.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Which case forced Nixon's tapes (1974)?

A) United States v. Nixon

B) Nixon v. Fitzgerald

C) Clinton v. Jones

D) Youngstown v. Sawyer

Question 2

What did Citizens United v. FEC allow?

A) Unlimited donations to candidates

B) Corporate independent spending

C) Foreign donations

D) Anonymous voting

Question 3

What best defines a majority opinion?

A) Losing view

B) Tie note

C) Winning reasoning

D) Press release

Question 4

Which case gave Gitmo detainees habeas (2008)?

A) Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

B) Rasul v. Bush

C) Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

D) Boumediene v. Bush

Question 5

Which case ended college affirmative action (2023)?

A) Students v. Harvard

B) Grutter v. Bollinger

C) Fisher v. Texas

D) Regents v. Bakke

Question 6

What is executive privilege?

A) pardon power

B) withholding some info

C) war power

D) veto power

Question 7

What did Texas v. Johnson protect?

A) Obscenity

B) Fighting words

C) Symbolic speech

D) Commercial speech

Question 8

What best defines judicial activism?

A) No courts

B) Lazy judges

C) Only old cases

D) Broad rights rulings

Question 9

What is double jeopardy?

A) No retrial after acquittal

B) Two trials always

C) Two juries

D) Two appeals

Question 10

What is court packing?

A) Moving courts

B) Adding seats for control

C) Firing judges

D) Closing cases

Question 11

What is stare decisis?

A) Ignoring past

B) New trials

C) Standing by precedent

D) Fast appeals

Question 12

What is due process?

A) Fast trials only

B) Free lawyers

C) No appeals

D) Fair legal procedures

Question 13

Which term means "ending Senate debate (60 votes)"?

A) cloture

B) a veto

C) impeachment

D) the cabinet

Question 14

What best defines court packing?

A) Moving courts

B) Adding seats for control

C) Firing judges

D) Closing cases

Question 15

What best defines pocket veto?

A) quick signing

B) state veto

C) bill dies unsigned after adjournment

D) court appeal

Question 16

Which of the following best defines the cabinet?

A) Senate leaders

B) state governors

C) court clerks

D) president's department heads

Question 17

What is the number of House members?

A) 435

B) 100

C) 538

D) 50

Question 18

What best defines original jurisdiction?

A) Appeals only

B) Cases starting at Court

C) State cases

D) Advisory views

Question 19

Which term means "studying bills in detail"?

A) a veto

B) impeachment

C) committees for

D) the cabinet

Question 20

What is Congress's power of the purse?

A) collects no tax

B) prints money freely

C) sets salaries only

D) controls spending

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