Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

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

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 head of the executive is elected separately and does not depend on the legislature's confidence
3. CThe president can dissolve the legislature at will
4. DThe president is a ceremonial figure with no powers

A referendum is:

1. AA direct vote by the electorate on a particular question
2. BA decision of the constitutional court
3. CA vote of no confidence in the government by members of parliament
4. DAn election of members of parliament

Under the Human Rights Act 1998, a private body with some "functions of a public nature" is:

1. ABound by the Act for its public functions, but not for private acts
2. BBound by the Act in everything it does
3. CNever bound by the Act
4. DBound by the Act only if it receives most of its funding from the state

In Hirst v UK (No 2), the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK's blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners:

1. AViolated the right to freedom of expression in Article 10 of the Convention
2. BWas justified because prisoners have no rights
3. CWas within the UK's margin of appreciation
4. DViolated the right to free elections in Protocol 1, Article 3

In CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case), Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as:

1. AFraud, mistake and duress
2. BJurisdiction, motive and fairness
3. CIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
4. DLegality, legitimacy and proportionality

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

1. AViolated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
2. BViolated only the First Amendment
3. CWas a matter for each state alone
4. DWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality

In YL v Birmingham City Council (2007), the House of Lords held that a private care home housing residents funded by a council:

1. AWas not exercising a function of a public nature under the Human Rights Act
2. BCould not house publicly funded residents
3. CWas a hybrid public authority bound by the Act for all the care it provided
4. DWas a core public authority