In striking down Colorado's constitutional amendment barring sexual orientation as a protected category in antidiscrimination lawsuits, the Supreme Court used the __________ test.
a. reasonable basis
b. heightened scrutiny
c. rational basis
d. strict scrutiny
Question -2-The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves?
a. 40 acres of farmland and a mule
b. economic equality with whites
c. citizenship rights
d. debt forgiveness
Question -3-The Civil Rights Act of 1957 makes it a crime to __________.
a. discriminate in public accommodations on the basis of race
b. discriminate in employment on the basis of race
c. intimidate or threaten African Americans exercising their right to vote
d. require voters to pay poll taxes
Question -4-What was Justice Potter Stewart referring to when he said, I know it when I see it?
a. regulatory taking
b. slander
c. obscenity
d. prior restraint
Question -5-The __________ test was used by the Supreme Court and it only allowed the government to regulate speech that was immediately hazardous.
a. clear and present danger
b. bad tendency
c. preferred position
d. prior restraint
Question -6-Which type of speech has the Supreme Court given the highest level of protection?
a. commercial speech
b. fighting words
c. political speech
d. libel
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