Constitutional law worksheet with answers

In a presidential system, such as that of the United States:

1. AThe president can dissolve the legislature at will
2. BThe head of the executive is elected separately and does not depend on the legislature's confidence
3. CThe president is chosen by and from the legislature and must resign if it withdraws its confidence in the government
4. DThe president is a ceremonial figure with no powers

A codified constitution is one whose main rules are:

1. ACollected in a single written document
2. BFound only in judicial decisions
3. CAgreed afresh after every election
4. DBased entirely on unwritten customs

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

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

Proportionality review usually asks whether a measure:

1. AIs popular with voters
2. BWas adopted quickly
3. CIs the cheapest option available and has been approved by parliament
4. DPursues a legitimate aim, is suitable, necessary and balanced

Under AG v De Keyser's Royal Hotel, when a statute covers the same ground as a prerogative power:

1. AThe government can choose freely between the two
2. BThe prerogative is put in abeyance and the government must act under the statute
3. CThe government may still choose the prerogative if it offers more flexible powers
4. DThe prerogative overrides the statute

In Pickin v British Railways Board, the House of Lords held that courts:

1. ACan review Acts for compliance with private bill rules
2. BWill not examine whether Parliament followed its internal procedures in passing an Act
3. CCan strike down a private Act if it is shown that Parliament was misled during its passage
4. DMust investigate any allegation of fraud in Parliament

Since the 2008 constitutional reform in France, the "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité" allows:

1. AJudges in any court to strike down statutes themselves
2. BA party in court to ask for a statute in force to be reviewed for breach of constitutional rights
3. CAny citizen to challenge a bill before Parliament votes on it, by petition to the Conseil constitutionnel
4. DThe President to suspend a statute for one year

After a court makes a declaration of incompatibility, section 10 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 allows a minister to:

1. AOverrule the court's declaration
2. BRefer the case directly to Strasbourg
3. CSuspend the Convention right in question
4. DAmend the incompatible legislation by a remedial order