POLS 2302 EXAM 2 {LATEST 2026 -2027
update} QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Search warrant - correct answer a legal document, signed by a judge, allowing
police to search and/or seize persons or property
Undue burden test - correct answer a means of deciding whether a law that makes
it harder for women to seek abortions is consitutional
Conscientious objector - correct answer a person who claims the right to refuse to
perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion
Double jeopardy - correct answer a prosecution pursued twice at the same level of
government for the same criminal action
,Exclusionary rule - correct answer a requirement, from supremem court case
mapp v. Ohio, that evidence obtained as a result of an illegal search or seizure cannot
be used to try someone for a crime
Common-law right - correct answer a right of the people rooted in legal tradition
and past court rulings, rather than the constitution
Sherbert test - correct answer a standard for deciding whether a law violates the
free exercise clause; a law will be struck down unless there is a "compelling
governmental interest" at stake and it accomplishes its goal by the "least restrictive
means" possible
Miranda warning - correct answer a statement by law enforcement officers
informing a person arrested or subject to interrogation of his or her rights
,Obscenity - correct answer acts or statements that are extremely offensive by
contemporary standards
Self-incrimination - correct answer an action or statement that admits guilt or
responsibility for a crime
Plea bargain - correct answer an agreement between the defendant and the
prosecutor in which the defendant pleads guilty to the charge(s) in question or perhaps
to less serious charges, in exchange for more lenient punishment than if convicted
after a full trial
Schenck v. U.s. - correct answer case in which the supreme court ruled that people
encouraging young men to dodge the draft could be imprisoned for doing so.
, Barron v. Baltimore - correct answer case which dealth with property rights under
the fifth amendment. The supreme court unanimously decided that the bill of rights
applied only to actions by the federal government.
Senate minority leader - correct answer charles schumer, democrat
Civil rights - correct answer guarantees of equal treatment by government
authorities
House majority leader - correct answer kevin mccarthy, republican
Probable cause - correct answer legal standard for determining whether a search
or seizure is constitutional or a crime has been committed; a lower threshold than the
standard of proof needed at a criminal trial
update} QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
Search warrant - correct answer a legal document, signed by a judge, allowing
police to search and/or seize persons or property
Undue burden test - correct answer a means of deciding whether a law that makes
it harder for women to seek abortions is consitutional
Conscientious objector - correct answer a person who claims the right to refuse to
perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion
Double jeopardy - correct answer a prosecution pursued twice at the same level of
government for the same criminal action
,Exclusionary rule - correct answer a requirement, from supremem court case
mapp v. Ohio, that evidence obtained as a result of an illegal search or seizure cannot
be used to try someone for a crime
Common-law right - correct answer a right of the people rooted in legal tradition
and past court rulings, rather than the constitution
Sherbert test - correct answer a standard for deciding whether a law violates the
free exercise clause; a law will be struck down unless there is a "compelling
governmental interest" at stake and it accomplishes its goal by the "least restrictive
means" possible
Miranda warning - correct answer a statement by law enforcement officers
informing a person arrested or subject to interrogation of his or her rights
,Obscenity - correct answer acts or statements that are extremely offensive by
contemporary standards
Self-incrimination - correct answer an action or statement that admits guilt or
responsibility for a crime
Plea bargain - correct answer an agreement between the defendant and the
prosecutor in which the defendant pleads guilty to the charge(s) in question or perhaps
to less serious charges, in exchange for more lenient punishment than if convicted
after a full trial
Schenck v. U.s. - correct answer case in which the supreme court ruled that people
encouraging young men to dodge the draft could be imprisoned for doing so.
, Barron v. Baltimore - correct answer case which dealth with property rights under
the fifth amendment. The supreme court unanimously decided that the bill of rights
applied only to actions by the federal government.
Senate minority leader - correct answer charles schumer, democrat
Civil rights - correct answer guarantees of equal treatment by government
authorities
House majority leader - correct answer kevin mccarthy, republican
Probable cause - correct answer legal standard for determining whether a search
or seizure is constitutional or a crime has been committed; a lower threshold than the
standard of proof needed at a criminal trial
