Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

Under section 6 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, it is unlawful for:

1. AParliament to pass any Act limiting rights
2. BA private person to breach any Convention right
3. CA public authority to act incompatibly with Convention rights
4. DCourts to apply Acts of Parliament

Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

1. AFreedom of assembly
2. BThe right to life
3. CThe right to a fair trial
4. DThe right to free elections

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

1. AAdequately accessible and foreseeable in its effects
2. BApproved by a referendum
3. CContained in a single written statute passed by parliament
4. DOlder than the Convention

A chief constable is dismissed without being told the charges or given a chance to respond. In Ridge v Baldwin, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe dismissal was void for breach of natural justice
2. BThe dismissal was valid, because the police had no contract
3. COnly Parliament could review the decision
4. DThe dismissal was valid, as it was an administrative decision

In Marbury v Madison (1803), the US Supreme Court established:

1. AThe President's veto power
2. BThe power of courts to review the constitutionality of legislation
3. CThe right to bear arms
4. DThe power of Congress to overrule decisions of the federal judiciary

Soldiers shoot dead three suspected terrorists in Gibraltar. In McCann v UK, the European Court of Human Rights found a breach of Article 2 because:

1. AThe UK had not ratified the Convention for Gibraltar
2. BAny killing by state agents breaches Article 2
3. CThe soldiers acted out of personal hatred
4. DThe operation was not planned and controlled to minimise the use of lethal force

In Brown v Board of Education (1954), the US Supreme Court held that racial segregation in public schools:

1. AWas a matter for each state alone
2. BWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
3. CViolated only the First Amendment
4. DViolated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment