Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

Members of the Dutch Senate (Eerste Kamer) are mainly elected by:

1. AAppointment by the King
2. BMembers of the House of Representatives
3. CDirect vote of all citizens
4. DMembers of the provincial councils

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits discrimination:

1. AIn every area of life, as a free-standing right
2. BOnly by private employers
3. COnly on grounds of nationality
4. DIn the enjoyment of the other Convention rights

The Dutch Constitution (Article 120) forbids courts from:

1. AHearing criminal cases
2. BApplying international treaties
3. CReviewing decisions of municipalities and provinces against national statutes
4. DReviewing Acts of Parliament for compatibility with the Constitution

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

1. AMust investigate any allegation of fraud in Parliament
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. DCan review Acts for compliance with private bill rules

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

A prison policy requires prisoners to be absent while officers search their cells, including their legal correspondence. In R (Daly) v Home Secretary (2001), the House of Lords held:

1. AThe blanket policy unlawfully interfered with legal professional privilege
2. BThe policy was lawful, as prisoners have no privacy
3. CThe policy was unlawful only for unconvicted prisoners held on remand awaiting trial
4. DThe policy was lawful, as prisons need security

In R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice (2014), concerning the ban on assisted suicide, the majority of the UK Supreme Court:

1. AHeld that Article 8 was not engaged at all
2. BDeclined to make a declaration of incompatibility at that time, leaving it to Parliament
3. CRead the ban down under section 3 to allow assisted dying
4. DMade a declaration of incompatibility with Article 8, while leaving the ban itself in force for now