LGS 200 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Treason - ✔✔Betrayal of the United States, defined strictly in the Constitution and
requiring two witnesses or a confession.
✔✔Eminent domain - ✔✔Government power to take private property for public use.
✔✔Just compensation - ✔✔Fair payment required when property is taken under
eminent domain.
✔✔Civil forfeiture - ✔✔Government seizure of property connected to illegal activity,
often without requiring a conviction.
✔✔Ex post facto laws - ✔✔Laws that retroactively criminalize conduct; prohibited by the
Constitution.
✔✔Bills of attainder - ✔✔Laws that declare a person guilty and impose punishment
without a trial; unconstitutional.
✔✔Reapportionment - ✔✔Redistribution of legislative seats based on population
changes.
✔✔Freedom of expression - ✔✔Broad protection of speech, press, and expressive
conduct.
✔✔Expressive conduct - ✔✔Actions intended to convey a message, protected as
speech.
✔✔Commercial speech - ✔✔Advertising or speech related to commerce, protected but
regulated more heavily.
, ✔✔Hate speech - ✔✔Offensive speech targeting groups; protected unless it crosses
into threats or incitement.
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔False statements harming someone's reputation.
✔✔Libel - ✔✔Written defamation.
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Spoken defamation.
✔✔Fighting words - ✔✔Personally abusive epithets likely to provoke violence;
unprotected speech.
✔✔Clear and present danger doctrine - ✔✔Speech can be limited if it poses an
immediate threat.
✔✔Imminent lawless action - ✔✔Standard allowing restriction of speech intended and
likely to incite immediate unlawful behavior.
✔✔Prior restraint - ✔✔Government attempts to censor speech before it occurs;
generally unconstitutional.
✔✔Freedom of assembly - ✔✔The right to gather peacefully.
✔✔Freedom of association - ✔✔The right to join or form groups for expressive
purposes.
✔✔Public forum - ✔✔Government spaces traditionally open for expression (e.g.,
sidewalks).
✔✔Private forum - ✔✔Private property where speech can be limited more easily.
✔✔Time, place, and manner regulations - ✔✔Content-neutral rules governing when and
how speech may occur.
✔✔Content-based restrictions - ✔✔Laws targeting speech because of its message;
subject to strict scrutiny.
✔✔Establishment Clause - ✔✔Prohibits government endorsement or establishment of
religion.
✔✔Free Exercise Clause - ✔✔Protects the right to practice one's religion freely.
✔✔Separation of church and state - ✔✔Concept that government must remain neutral
toward religion.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Treason - ✔✔Betrayal of the United States, defined strictly in the Constitution and
requiring two witnesses or a confession.
✔✔Eminent domain - ✔✔Government power to take private property for public use.
✔✔Just compensation - ✔✔Fair payment required when property is taken under
eminent domain.
✔✔Civil forfeiture - ✔✔Government seizure of property connected to illegal activity,
often without requiring a conviction.
✔✔Ex post facto laws - ✔✔Laws that retroactively criminalize conduct; prohibited by the
Constitution.
✔✔Bills of attainder - ✔✔Laws that declare a person guilty and impose punishment
without a trial; unconstitutional.
✔✔Reapportionment - ✔✔Redistribution of legislative seats based on population
changes.
✔✔Freedom of expression - ✔✔Broad protection of speech, press, and expressive
conduct.
✔✔Expressive conduct - ✔✔Actions intended to convey a message, protected as
speech.
✔✔Commercial speech - ✔✔Advertising or speech related to commerce, protected but
regulated more heavily.
, ✔✔Hate speech - ✔✔Offensive speech targeting groups; protected unless it crosses
into threats or incitement.
✔✔Defamation - ✔✔False statements harming someone's reputation.
✔✔Libel - ✔✔Written defamation.
✔✔Slander - ✔✔Spoken defamation.
✔✔Fighting words - ✔✔Personally abusive epithets likely to provoke violence;
unprotected speech.
✔✔Clear and present danger doctrine - ✔✔Speech can be limited if it poses an
immediate threat.
✔✔Imminent lawless action - ✔✔Standard allowing restriction of speech intended and
likely to incite immediate unlawful behavior.
✔✔Prior restraint - ✔✔Government attempts to censor speech before it occurs;
generally unconstitutional.
✔✔Freedom of assembly - ✔✔The right to gather peacefully.
✔✔Freedom of association - ✔✔The right to join or form groups for expressive
purposes.
✔✔Public forum - ✔✔Government spaces traditionally open for expression (e.g.,
sidewalks).
✔✔Private forum - ✔✔Private property where speech can be limited more easily.
✔✔Time, place, and manner regulations - ✔✔Content-neutral rules governing when and
how speech may occur.
✔✔Content-based restrictions - ✔✔Laws targeting speech because of its message;
subject to strict scrutiny.
✔✔Establishment Clause - ✔✔Prohibits government endorsement or establishment of
religion.
✔✔Free Exercise Clause - ✔✔Protects the right to practice one's religion freely.
✔✔Separation of church and state - ✔✔Concept that government must remain neutral
toward religion.
