Biology Forums - Study Force

According to the Supreme Court in Bowers v. Hardwick, homosexual relations between consenting adults in the privacy of their own homes
 
  A) are protected under the Bill of Rights.
  B) are not protected under the Constitution.
  C) cannot be regulated by state governments.
  D) may be regulated only by Congress.
  E) is a prohibited extension of search and seizure laws.

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Although prosecutors dropped charges against Michael Hardwick, his case came before the Supreme Court because
 
  A) a judge insisted that he be tried.
  B) protests throughout the South forced a trial.
  C) a newly elected prosecutor bowed to the Religious Right and reinstated the charges.
  D) he brought a suit challenging the constitutionality of a law.
  E) interest groups filed a suit on his behalf.

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Justice O'Connor outlined the undue burden standard for considering state abortion restrictions in
 
  A) Roe v. Wade.
  B) Bowers v. Hardwick.
  C) Lawrence and Garner v. Texas.
  D) Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
  E) Webster v. Reproductive Health Services.

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In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court
 
  A) broadened the existing federal restrictions on availability of abortion.
  B) voided the undue burden test that had been used for rulings on the abortion issue.
  C) accepted the validity of Justice O'Connor's position that state abortion restrictions are allowable if they are not unduly burdensome.
  D) established the trimester scheme, in which restrictions on abortion may be different in the first, second, and third three-month periods of a pregnancy.
  E) outlawed abortions funded with federal funds.

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In 1992, a clear conservative majority on the Supreme Court __________ Roe.
 
  A) overruled
  B) ignored
  C) reaffirmed
  D) replaced
  E) denounced

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