States are now obligated to protect most provisions of the Bill of Rights as a result of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment's ___________ clause.
A) due process
B) state's rights
C) equal protection
D) free exercise
E) privacy
The __________ has been construed to provide protection for the individual from the actions of a repressive state government.
A) First Amendment
B) Fifth Amendment
C) Ninth Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment
E) Fourth Amendment
When adopted, the Bill of Rights imposed limits on _________, but not on
A) the national government; state governments.
B) state governments; the national government.
C) state governments; individuals.
D) individuals; state governments.
E) individuals; the national government.
In Palko v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that Frank Palko's Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy was not a(n) _________ right the state of Connecticut had to follow.
A) fundamental
B) privacy
C) concurrent
D) dual
E) explicit
The rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution are found in
A) the Eighteenth and Twenty-Second Amendments.
B) the Bill of Rights and the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment.
C) Article III.
D) Article I.
E) Amendments 1 through 27.
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