CYBERLAND UNIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICA

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr.

University President & Professor of Political Science

SECTION F: DIRECT QUESTIONS

 1.  How does a person obtain a legal privilege?  Under American
     law, what is the status of a legal privilege, once it is
     granted to a person?

 2.  Under current United States constitutional law, which pro-
     visions of the Federal Bill of Rights does the Due Process
     Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment impose on the states and
     their local subdivisions.

 3.  A city displayed a nativity scene in a shopping district,
     along with Santa's house and other secular and religious
     symbols of the Christmas season.  When the federal constitu-
     tionality of the city action was challenged, what was the
     decision of the United States Supreme Court?

 4.  A city government displayed the nativity scene on the steps
     of the city hall.  When the federal constitutionality of the
     city government's action was challenged, what was the deci-
     sion of the U.S. Supreme Court?

 5.  In interpreting the Establishment Clause and applying it to
     the states through the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process
     Clause, what types of actions of states and their instru-
     mentalities has the U.S. Supreme Court held to be unconsti-
     tutional?

 6.  As regards governmental accomodation of religion, which
     types of accomodation are constitutionally permissible?

 7.  What is the current rule of law regarding the federal con-
     stitutionality of government aid to students attending
     church-related schools?

 8.  Under the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause and the
     Article VI Religious Test Clause, what is the national gov-
     ernment prohibited from doing?

 9.  Under the current rule of law, how and to what extent does
     the Free Exercise Clause protect religious beliefs and re-
     ligious practice?  How does constitutional protection of
     religious beliefs differ from constitutional protection of
     religious practice?

10.  How has the U.S. Supreme Court operated under the Prior Re-
     straint Doctrine?

11.  How has the U.S. Supreme Court operated under the Vagueness
     Doctrine?

12.  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the
     matter of freedom of expression and use of the U.S. Mail?
     How has the Court implemented this position?

13.  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme Court on the right
     claimed by newspaper reporters to withhold information?

14.  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme Court on journal-
     ists' claim to a right of access to governmental sources of
     information?

15.  What is the current rule of law regarding government censor-
     ship of motion-picture films to prevent the showing of ob-
     scene movies?

16.  What is the current rule of law regarding government regula-
     tion of handbills, sound trucks, and billboards?

17.  What is the current rule of law regarding the government's
     imposition of sanctions on television and radio stations?

18.  What is the current rule of law regarding the government's
     refusal to renew a broadcasting station's license?

19.  What is the current rule of law regarding government regula-
     tion of pornography and obscenity over telephone and email?

20.  What is the current rule of law regarding x-rated movies and
     other pornography falling short of the constitutional defi-
     nition of obscenity?

21.  What is the current rule of law regarding freedom of assem-
     bly and governmental authority to make and enforce reasona-
     ble time, place, and manner regulations?

22.  Does the First Amendment right of peaceable assembly and pe-
     tition include the right of people to engage in acts of civ=
     il disobedience?

23.  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme Court on anti-abor-
     tion protest demonstrations in front of abortion clinics?

24.  Does the right to assemble to petition the government for a
     redress of grievances include the right to assemble on pri-
     vate property?  What guidelines did the U.S. Supreme Court
     establish to govern assembly and other political activities
     at privately owned shopping malls?

25.  How do the constitutional right to a writ of habeas corpus
     and its enforcement protect the individual?

26.  Under what circumstances may Congress suspend the right to a
     writ of habeas corpus?

27.  How does the constitutional prohibition of ex post facto
     laws protect individual liberty?

28.  How does the constitutional prohibition of bills of attain-
     der protect individual liberty?

29.  Under the U.S. Constitution, which level of government
     regulates elections and sets voter qualifications?  Explain.

30.  How has Congress exercised its authority, under Article I,
     Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the U.S. Constitution, to enact
     federal statutes superceding state regulations as to the
     time, places, and manner of congressional elections (and, by
     implication, elections for presidential electors)?

31.  Which federal constitutional amendments limit state authori-
     ty to set voting qualifications?  How does each amendment do
     this?  How do these amendments authorize Congress to provide
     for the enforcement of their limitations on state authority?

32.  What is included in the "liberty" protected by the Due Proc-
     ess Clauses in the U.S. Constitution?

33.  What is included in the "property" protected in the Due
     Process Clauses in the U.S. Constitution?

34.  How do procedural due process and substantive due process
     differ?

35.  What is the current position of the U.S. Supreme Court on
     the use of substantive due process in interpreting the Due
     Process Clauses in the U.S. Constitution?

36.  What is the basis of the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition of
     a federal constitutional right to personal privacy?

37.  Does the right of personal privacy apply to relations be-
     tween homosexuals?  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme
     Court regarding this question?

38.  Under what circumstances and under what rules may the police
     arrest a person without a warrant?

39.  What limits does the Fourth Amendment, as construed by the
     U.S. Supreme Court, place on the use of deadly force in ap-
     prehending suspected felons?

40.  What is the current rule of law regarding police stops to
     ask questions and seek consent to search?

41.  What is the current rule of law regarding administrative
     searches by school and other nonpolice government officials
     and employees?

42.  What is the position of the U.S. Supreme Court on the con-
     stitutionality of compulsory drug testing?

43.  What is the current rule of law regarding police searches
     without consent?

44.  In cases subsequent to MIRANDA v. ARIZONA (1978), how has
     the original Miranda Ruling been modified?

45.  The Sixth Amendment stipulates the basic requirements of
     procedural due process in criminal trials.  What are these
     requirements?

46.  Under U.S. national law, what are the nature and role of the
     petit jury in federal criminal trials?

47.  In congressional elections, how do Senate candidates differ
     from House candidates, in terms of (1) advantage of incum-
     bency, (2) visibility, and (3) strength of the competition?