Name:___________________________
1.
U.S. Constitution – Article III
How many courts does the Constitution specifically create?
2. Who is responsible for creating other courts?
3. How long is the term of a federal judge?
4. What does the Constitution say about the pay compensation federal judges receive?
5. Under what three subjects shall the Supreme Court have jurisdiction?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
6. For which parties will the Supreme Court have jurisdiction?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
7. For which cases will the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction?
8. What type of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have in other cases?
9. What type of trial is required by Article III?
10. Where will trials be held?
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11. What are the three actions that are treasonous?
a.
b.
c.
12. What must occur for a person to be convicted of treason?
Chapter 19 Information Activity
1. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
Everson v. Board of Education
McCollum v. Board of Education
Zorach v. Clauson
Engel v. Vitale
Abington School District v. Schempp
Stone v. Graham
Wallace v. Jaffree
Lee v. Weisman
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
Epperson v. Arkansas
Edwards v. Aguillard
2. List the arguments given for and against allowing states to provide financial aid to parochial schools:
For:
Against:
3. What are the three standards the Court established in Lemon v. Kurtzman?
a.
b.
c.
4. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
Wolman v. Walter
Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan
Zobrest v. Catalina
Mueller v. Allen
Lynch v. Donnelly
5. What two points did the Court make when upholding the right of chaplains to open legislative
sessions with prayer?
a.
b.
6. Why did the Court rule differently in Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
(CS)?
7. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
Reynolds v. United States
Jacobsen v Massachusetts
Bunn v. North Carolina
McGowan v. Maryland
Welsh v. United States
Goldman v. Weinberger
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette
Section 3
1. Why is free speech so important in a democracy (CS)?
2. What is the “clear and present danger” rule?
3. What fine line did the Court draw in its decision in Yates v. United States?
4. What is the problem in defining obscenity?
5. Summarize the three-part test laid down by the Court to define obscenity in Roth v. United States:
a.
b.
c.
6. List three exceptions to the restriction on prior restraint:
a.
b.
c.
7. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
Near v. Minnesota
New York Times v. United States
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Branzburg v. Hayes
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group
8. Describe the provisions of the Children’s Internet Protection Act:
9. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
United States v. O’Brien
Tinker v. Des Moines
Texas v. Johnson
10. What restrictions does the government place on commercial speech?
Section 4
11. What was the importance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in each of the following cases:
Cox v. Louisiana
Cox v. New Hamphsire
Gregory v. Chicago
Lloyd Corporation v. Tanner
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale