Constitutional law worksheet with answers

An ombudsman typically:

1. AProsecutes criminal offences committed by ministers and civil servants
2. BInvestigates complaints of maladministration by public bodies
3. CHears appeals from the highest court
4. DDrafts legislation for parliament

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

1. AThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
2. BThe European Parliament
3. CThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
4. DThe International Court of Justice in The Hague

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

1. AThe King and the Council of Ministers
2. BThe House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
3. CThe provincial councils and municipal councils
4. DThe Council of State and the Supreme Court

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council (the "metric martyrs" case), Laws LJ said that "constitutional statutes":

1. APrevail automatically over all later Acts of Parliament
2. BMust be approved by referendum
3. CCannot be repealed at all
4. DCannot be impliedly repealed, only expressly

In Bellinger v Bellinger, the House of Lords could not read the marriage law to recognise a trans woman's marriage to a man, so it:

1. AStruck down the relevant provision
2. BMade a declaration of incompatibility
3. CRead the statute compatibly under section 3
4. DReferred the case to Strasbourg

Under ECHR case law such as Sunday Times v UK, for a restriction to be "prescribed by law", the law must be:

1. AApproved by a referendum
2. BContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
3. COlder than the Convention
4. DAdequately accessible and foreseeable in its effects

In the Dutch system, the Council of State (Raad van State) mainly:

1. AElects the members of parliament
2. BHears criminal appeals
3. CAdvises on legislation and acts as the highest administrative court in many areas
4. DAppoints the prime minister and supervises the formation of a new coalition government

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the UK Supreme Court held that:

1. AParliamentary legislation was required to give notice of withdrawal from the EU
2. BThe referendum result was legally binding
3. CThe government could give notice using prerogative powers without any Act of Parliament
4. DDevolved legislatures had a veto over Brexit