Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Salisbury convention in the UK means that the House of Lords:

1. AElects the Speaker of the House of Commons
2. BMust approve all money bills within one week
3. CMay permanently veto bills that alter the constitution of the United Kingdom
4. DDoes not block government bills carrying out manifesto commitments

Judicial independence means that:

1. AJudges decide cases free from pressure from government or other parties
2. BJudges may set aside any statute they consider unjust or contrary to good policy
3. CJudges cannot be bound by statute
4. DJudges are elected by the public

Which Act created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?

1. AHuman Rights Act 1998
2. BConstitutional Reform Act 2005
3. CParliament Act 1911
4. DScotland Act 1998

A bicameral legislature has:

1. ATwo chambers
2. BOne chamber
3. CNo elected members
4. DThree chambers

In R v Home Secretary, ex p Fire Brigades Union, the House of Lords held the minister acted unlawfully by:

1. ARefusing to consult the fire brigades
2. BBringing the statutory scheme into force without first consulting the bodies that would be affected by it
3. CBringing a statute into force too quickly
4. DUsing the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

1. ATake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
2. BIgnore Strasbourg case law
3. CFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
4. DRefer all questions to Strasbourg

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. BWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
3. CViolated only the First Amendment
4. DWas a matter for each state alone

The Venice Commission is:

1. AAn Italian regional parliament
2. BThe EU's highest court
3. CA United Nations body that hears individual human rights complaints
4. DThe Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional law