HIS 301 Week 4 Quiz -

1. Based on Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey, which of the following governmental conditions imposes an undue burden on a woman’s right to choose an abortion?  

• spousal consent     
• informed consent
• parental consent for underage persons with a judicial bypass procedure
• waiting period of 24 hours between consent and the procedure

2. If a broadcast journalist reports false information about a non-public figure, thereby resulting in damages to a victim, what would this illustrate?      

• libel    
• slander          
• reporter’s privilege
• shield law

3. Between 1963 and 1990, which standard of review was used by the Court to evaluate free exercise claims?   

• neutrality test
• Lemon test
• rational basis test
• strict scrutiny

4. Which case (majority opinion) adopted the “bad tendency” test as a means for resolving disputes involving the freedom of speech?  

• Virginia v. Hicks
• Schenck v. United States
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
• Gitlow v. New York

5. If a professor at a public school imposes a policy barring students from wearing all types of hats in the classroom, this would most appropriately be labeled as a _________?              

• ban on protected speech
• neutral law that may impact students’ expression
• content-based limitation on political speech
• regulation of protected speech

6. Each of the following is a standard under the Lemon test EXCEPT: 

• law must give equal access to all religions
• law must have a secular purpose
• law must not foster an excessive entanglement
• law’s primary effect must neither advance nor inhibit religion

7. Which Supreme Court Justice has made it known he would like to review restrictions on commercial speech under strict scrutiny analysis?              

• Antonin Scalia
• David Souter
• John Paul Stevens
• Clarence Thomas

8. Which view of the Establishment Clause would allow greater interplay between government and religion?      

• conscientious theory
• separationist view
• high-wall theory
• accommodationist view

9. Which of the following is NOT considered to be a current mode of analysis used by the Court to review alleged violations of the Establishment Clause?

• non-denominational test
• Lemon test
• endorsement test
• coercion test

10. Which case addresses so-called partial-birth abortions?       

• Gonzalez v. Carhart
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey
• Roe v. Wade