Constitutional law worksheet with answers

A "rigid" constitution is one that:

1. ACan be changed by an ordinary Act
2. BIs enforced strictly by the army
3. CCan never be amended at all
4. DCan be amended only by a special procedure

The principle of legality in public law means that a public authority:

1. ANeeds a legal basis for its actions, especially when interfering with rights
2. BCan act freely unless a statute expressly prohibits the particular action taken
3. CCan ignore laws during weekends
4. DMust always be elected

The separation of powers divides state power between:

1. AThe police, the army and the courts
2. BParliament, the monarch and the church
3. CThe legislature, the executive and the judiciary
4. DThe central, regional and local tiers of government

In the Factortame litigation, while the UK was an EU member, the House of Lords:

1. ADisapplied parts of an Act of Parliament that conflicted with EU law
2. BReferred the matter to the European Court of Human Rights
3. CHeld that EU law could never limit Acts of Parliament
4. DDeclared the European Communities Act 1972 invalid

Proportionality review usually asks whether a measure:

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

Under Porter v Magill, the test for apparent bias asks whether:

1. AA fair-minded and informed observer would conclude there was a real possibility of bias
2. BThe claimant personally and reasonably believed that the decision-maker had been biased against them
3. CThe decision-maker was actually biased
4. DThe decision-maker had ever met any party

Article 79(3) of the German Basic Law (the "eternity clause") forbids amendments that affect:

1. AAny article of the Basic Law at all
2. BThe electoral system, the number of seats in the Bundestag, or any of the rules in Articles 38 to 48 on elections
3. COnly the articles on taxation
4. DThe federal structure, the Länder's participation in legislation, or the principles in Articles 1 and 20

In R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2019), the Supreme Court held that an ouster clause protecting the Tribunal's decisions:

1. AApplied only to decisions on national security
2. BExcluded all review of its decisions
3. CDid not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
4. DWas invalid because it was in secondary legislation