The Warren Court

Question 1

Some people consider Griswold v. Connecticut to be an example of judicial activism because it

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established a right to privacy, which the Constitution does not explicitly name.

Question 2

How does the Fifth Amendment relate to the decision of Miranda v. Arizona?

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It says that accused people do not have to testify against themselves.

Question 3

A group of middle school students have worn large green buttons on their jackets to protest government failure to clean up a polluted site near the school. The principal told them to remove the buttons, and they refused. The principal suspended the students for a week.

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Tinker v. Des Moines School District

Question 4

Which is a First Amendment right that was ruled on by the Warren Court?

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the right to free speech

Question 5

The Supreme Court might be considered an activist court if it

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applies an article of the Constitution to a new area of law.

Question 6

The Warren Court ruled that a state law that forbid using, selling, or providing information about birth control was

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unconstitutional because it violated the right to privacy.

Question 7

In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided that prayer in school

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violated freedom of religion.

Question 8

Who filed a 1966 Supreme Court case because he was arrested and interrogated without being told of his rights?

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Ernesto Miranda

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