Constitutional law worksheet with answers

In the UK, after a bill passes both Houses of Parliament, it becomes an Act when it receives:

1. ACabinet confirmation
2. BJudicial approval
3. CA referendum vote
4. DRoyal Assent

In a parliamentary system, the government usually depends on:

1. AA referendum every year
2. BThe support of the head of state only
3. CThe confidence of parliament
4. DThe approval of the courts

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

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

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

In the United States, Congress can override a presidential veto by:

1. AA two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate
2. BA simple majority in the House only
3. CA three-quarters vote of the states
4. DAsking the Supreme Court to approve the bill

Parliamentary sovereignty (as described by Dicey) means that:

1. ACourts can strike down any Act of Parliament that conflicts with common law rights
2. BThe executive can override Parliament
3. CParliament must obey previous Parliaments
4. DParliament can make or unmake any law, and no body can override its Acts

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. CWas a matter for each state alone
4. DViolated only the First Amendment

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. BThe operation was not planned and controlled to minimise the use of lethal force
3. CThe soldiers acted out of personal hatred
4. DAny killing by state agents breaches Article 2