JURI 520 Quiz 1,2,3,4

JURI 520 Quiz 1,2,3,4

JURI 520 Quiz 1 America’s Constitution

1. Why did the Federalists oppose adding a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution?
2. Which of the following is not a benefit of originalism cited by David Forte in “A Note on the Originalist Perspective”?
3. Which of the following was not true of the Articles of Confederation?
4. Which of the following support the conclusion that a covenant framework necessary to administer law among men?
5. Which of the following is not a consequence of the principle that man can only rule through covenant?
6. Which of the following is not a purpose mentioned in the Preamble?
7. Which of the following is not a Biblical principle of covenants?
8. The Preamble to United States Constitution reveals the key difference between that document and the Articles of Confederation. What is that difference?
9. Who is the sovereign under the American system of government?
10. According to Edwin Meese III in the foreword of the Forte & Spaulding textbook, which of the following are fundamental principles found in the United States Constitution?
11. Which of the following are the primary Biblical limits upon government?
12. Which of the following provisions of the United States Constitution support the theory that the Declaration of Independence was America’s charter?
13. Which of the following are not sources relied upon by originalists to interpret the Constitution?
14. Which of the following are “auxiliary precautions” in the American system that protect against tyranny?
15. Briefly explain the primary reason why all governments must govern under the rule of law?

JURI 520 Quiz 2 Legislative Power

1. Which of the following is not a role assigned to the vice president by the Constitution (Article 1, Section 3, Clause 4)?
2. Which of the following is true about the House of Representative’s role in impeachment (Article I, Section 2, Clause 5)?
3. The House of Representatives and the Senate make up the ____ branch of government?
4. True or False. The Framers of the Constitution understood the Incompatibility Clause as primarily a means to prevent corruption (Article I, Section 6, Clause 2)?
5. Federal Judge William B. Smith, III is impeached by the House of Representatives for extortion and bribery. The Senate subsequently tries and convicts him. Which of the following punishments for impeachment would least likely be permissible by Article I, Section 3, Clause 7?
6. The Virginia Legislature passes a statute removing theft from its list of crimes. Ronnie Razorback takes Vickie Volunteer’s new iPhone. Which of the following is true about Ronnie’s actions.
7. Privilege from arrest does not protect a Congressman from which of the following?
8. Congress passes a law prohibiting Iowa from exporting corn to any state. Is this law “universal” according to the Biblical requirement?
9. Define what “law” is according to Blackstone.
10. According to Virginia law, only state citizens may vote for public officials. Is this law “uniform” according to the Biblical requirement?
11. Members of the Senate may be expelled from office as long as ____ of Senators concur (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2)?
12. Congress passes a law prohibiting any state from exporting corn with root rot fungus. Is this law “universal” according to the Biblical requirement?
13. Hank Hokie is an American astronaut. Although he is married, he sleeps with another astronaut while stationed in the International Space Station. There is no law in the Space Station against adultery. Which of the following is true about Hank’s actions?
14. Which of the following is not true about the Presentment Clause (Article I, Section 7, Clause 2)?
15. Michael Hunter is elected to the Senate from the state of Kentucky. He is twenty-nine years old, was born in the state of Kentucky and has lived there his entire life. After the election but before being seated, Mr. Hunter was convicted of a felony. Can the Senate refuse to seat him on the grounds that he is not qualified to be a Senator (Article I, Section 3, Clause 3)?
16. What was the primary purpose of Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, also known as the Three-fifths Clause?
17. Which of the following are reasons the Framers included the Compensation Clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1)?
18. Which of the following is true about impeachment trials (Article 1, Section 3, Clause 6)?
19. According to Virginia law, only men may obtain a driver’s license. Is this law “uniform” according to the Biblical requirement?
20. Which of the following is true of “legislative power”?
21. Crystal Cavalier is a Wiccan. She worships “mother earth” as part of her religious practices. Which of the following is true about Crystal’s worship practices?
22. According to Virginia law, only persons sixteen years of age or older may obtain a driver’s license. Is this law “uniform” according to the Biblical requirement?
23. Which of the following is not true about the House of Representatives per Article I, Section 2, Clause 1?
24. Which of the following is not true of the Law of Nature and the Law of Nature’s God?
25. Which of the following qualifications for Representatives is not authorized by Article I, Section 2, Clause 2?
26. Which of the following is not true of the Senate under Article I, Section 3, Clause 1?
27. Which of the following is not true of the Legislative Vesting Clause (Article I, Section 1)?
28. Which of the following actions would least likely be protected under the Speech and Debate Clause (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1)?
29. Which of the following is prohibited by the Incompatibility Clause (Article I, Section 6, Clause 2)?
30. Which of the following is an example of a “rule”?

JURI 520 Quiz 3 Week 6: States, Supremacy, Amending and Ratifying the Constitution

1. Which was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution?
2. The very first law passed by the first session of the House of Representatives was (“An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths.”
3. During the American Revolution, General George Washington required all officers to subscribe to an oath renouncing any allegiance to King George, III, and pledging their fidelity to the United States.
4. The original, unamended Constitution contains how many explicit references to religion?
5. Where the signers subscribed their names, the states are listed in ______ order.
6. Which of the following is exempted from the Interstate Rendition Clause?
7. Which of the following must swear to uphold the Constitution?
8. What strategy did the Supremacy Clause use to deal with potential conflicts between the national and local governments?
9. Why did the Framers of the Constitution support the ban on religious tests to hold office?
10. All the Delegates signed the Constitution.
11. Article VII’s bold dismissal of the Articles of Confederation’s rule of unanimous approval emphasized the break from the Articles to a Constitution as supreme law of the land.
12. All the Framers agreed that New States would be considered equal to the states already in the Union.
13. The only state that did not participate in the Constitutional Convention was
14. During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, which of the following were the criteria of republicanism under the Guarantee Clause?
15. Article VII was the last and shortest of the Constitution’s articles.
16. According to the discussion of the Guarantee Clause, one of the key features of a republican government is that it does not have a
17. According to the Fugitive Slave Clause, escaped slaves must be
18. The Crown granted to the original colonists in the New World the legal rights of serfs and indentured servants.
19. Unlike the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution established a strong _______ government to protect the citizens.
20. Article IV of the Constitution sought to create which of the following?
21. To become the plan for government for the United States, the Constitution had to be ratified by
22. The first sentence of the Full Faith and Credit Clause appeared almost verbatim in the Articles of Confederation.
23. Per the Twenty-second Amendment, no person may be elected to the office of the president more than _____ times?
24. The Oaths Clause helps to fulfill the Framers’ plan to integrate the states into the electoral, policymaking, and executive functions of the federal union, subject to the limits of the Tenth Amendment.
25. A pure democracy had no _____.
26. In Article IV, Section 4, the Guarantee Clause assures the states protection from _________________ and also guarantees
27. Which of the Framers was concerned that the Debt Assumption Clause would put the United States in the strange position of being bound to pay past debt but not have the authority to pay such debt?
28. New states cannot be formed out of existing states.
29. What is the essential purpose of the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
30. Who signed the Constitution to attest to the delegates’ signatures?

JURI 520 Quiz: Additional Amendments

1. Which of the following Amendments has been used by the Supreme Court to apply rights contained in the Bill of Rights against the states?
2. Which of the following Amendments deals with the subject matter of taxes?
3. Which of the following are permissible methods of filling a Senate vacancy under the Seventeenth Amendment?
4. Which of the following is not true about Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment?
5. Briefly explain the primary reason why the Fourteenth Amendment was proposed.
6. Which of the following Amendments prohibits the states from discriminating against citizens?
7. The primary purpose of Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment was to shorten the “lame-duck” period after an election and before the newly elected president, vice president, and members of Congress take office.
8. Which of the following is not true about the Twenty-sixth Amendment?
9. A law that classifies persons based on age would most likely face which type of judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
10. Per the Twenty-second Amendment, no person may be elected to the office of the president more than _____ times?
11. Which of the following actions is not prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment
12. Which of the following actions would least likely constitute “state action” under Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment?
13. Which of the following is true about rational basis review under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
14. Which Amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages?
15. To which of the following actions would a court most likely apply intermediate judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
16. Which of the following is true about poll taxes?
17. Which of the following is not true of the Twenty-fifth Amendment?
18. Which of the following is not true of strict judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
19. Which of the following is not an effect of the Seventeenth Amendment?
20. To which of the following government actions would a court most likely apply strict judicial scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
21. Which of the following was the most successful strategy used by the advocates of women’s suffrage to gain the right for women to vote?
22. Which of the following Amendments does not deal with the subject matter of the office of the president?
23. Which of the following is not true about the Twenty-seventh Amendment?
24. Which of the following Amendments least protects the right to vote?
25. Which of the following has not been found by the Supreme Court to be a protected right under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
26. Which Amendment bars citizens from suing a state in federal court?
27. All of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights have been incorporated against the states?
28. Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to expand the meaning of the rest of the Fourteenth Amendment?
29. What key legal issue remains regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages after the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment?
30. Which of the following Amendments provides the strongest constitutional grounds for Congressional power to ban state laws that prohibit blacks from owning property?