WGU C963 ACTUAL CERTIFICATION
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION.
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright. Answer- A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
◉ Sherbert vs. Verner. Answer- Unemployment may not be denied on
religious basis
◉ Grsiwold v. Connecticut. Answer- Although several state constitutions
do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the explicit recognition
by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution
emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case,
the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that
struck down a state law forbidding even married individuals to use any
form of contraception.
◉ Miranda v. Arizona. Answer- Supreme Court held that criminal
suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and
of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
, ◉ Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. Answer- Struck down
poll taxes at the state level
◉ Tinker v. Des Moines. Answer- Students have the right to symbolic
speech at school as long as it is not disruptive
◉ Brandenburg v. Ohio. Answer- 1969--Determined that a law that
proscribes advocacy of violence for political reform is constitutional if
applied to speech that is not directed toward producing imminent
lawlessness and is not likely to produce such action is not constitutional.
◉ Miller v. California. Answer- A 1973 Supreme Court decision that
avoided defining obscenity by holding that community standards be used
to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a
"prurient interest" and being "patently offensive" and lacking in value.
◉ Cohen v. California. Answer- This case involved an arrest and
conviction for disturbing the peace for wearing a jacket expressing
opposition to the draft (and the Vietnam War). The conviction was
overturned by the Supreme Court since his actions were silent and he
made no attempt to otherwise disturb the peace.
◉ Roe v. Wade. Answer- (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a
woman's right to privacy
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION.
◉ Gideon v. Wainwright. Answer- A person who cannot afford an
attorney may have one appointed by the government
◉ Sherbert vs. Verner. Answer- Unemployment may not be denied on
religious basis
◉ Grsiwold v. Connecticut. Answer- Although several state constitutions
do list the right to privacy as a protected right, the explicit recognition
by the Supreme Court of a right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution
emerged only in the middle of the twentieth century. In this 1965 case,
the court spelled out the right to privacy for the first time in a case that
struck down a state law forbidding even married individuals to use any
form of contraception.
◉ Miranda v. Arizona. Answer- Supreme Court held that criminal
suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and
of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
, ◉ Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. Answer- Struck down
poll taxes at the state level
◉ Tinker v. Des Moines. Answer- Students have the right to symbolic
speech at school as long as it is not disruptive
◉ Brandenburg v. Ohio. Answer- 1969--Determined that a law that
proscribes advocacy of violence for political reform is constitutional if
applied to speech that is not directed toward producing imminent
lawlessness and is not likely to produce such action is not constitutional.
◉ Miller v. California. Answer- A 1973 Supreme Court decision that
avoided defining obscenity by holding that community standards be used
to determine whether material is obscene in terms of appealing to a
"prurient interest" and being "patently offensive" and lacking in value.
◉ Cohen v. California. Answer- This case involved an arrest and
conviction for disturbing the peace for wearing a jacket expressing
opposition to the draft (and the Vietnam War). The conviction was
overturned by the Supreme Court since his actions were silent and he
made no attempt to otherwise disturb the peace.
◉ Roe v. Wade. Answer- (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a
woman's right to privacy
