Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

1. AThe Council of State and the Supreme Court
2. BThe provincial councils and municipal councils
3. CThe House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) and the Senate (Eerste Kamer)
4. DThe King and the Council of Ministers

In the United States, the "Bill of Rights" refers to:

1. AThe first article of the Constitution
2. BThe first ten amendments to the Constitution
3. CThe Declaration of Independence
4. DA statute passed by Congress in the 1960s

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

1. AA private person to breach any Convention right
2. BCourts to apply Acts of Parliament
3. CParliament to pass any Act limiting rights
4. DA public authority to act incompatibly with Convention rights

Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, if a court cannot read an Act compatibly with Convention rights, it can:

1. AMake a declaration of incompatibility, leaving the Act in force
2. BStrike down the Act immediately
3. COrder Parliament to amend the Act within a month
4. DRefer the case to the European Court of Human Rights automatically

Under Article 94 of the Dutch Constitution, Dutch courts:

1. AMust refer all treaty questions to the Council of State
2. BCan strike down statutes that conflict with the Constitution or with general principles
3. CDo not apply statutes that conflict with treaty provisions binding on everyone
4. DApply statutes even if they conflict with treaties

A bicameral legislature has:

1. AThree chambers
2. BNo elected members
3. COne chamber
4. DTwo chambers

Since the 2008 constitutional reform in France, the "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité" allows:

1. AAny citizen to challenge a bill before Parliament votes on it, by petition to the Conseil constitutionnel
2. BJudges in any court to strike down statutes themselves
3. CThe President to suspend a statute for one year
4. DA party in court to ask for a statute in force to be reviewed for breach of constitutional rights

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the Supreme Court said about the Sewel convention that:

1. AIt became legally binding when written into statute
2. BIt applies only to Northern Ireland
3. CIt is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
4. DIt requires Scottish consent to the UK's withdrawal from the EU