Constitutional law worksheet with answers

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

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

The United Kingdom's constitution is best described as:

1. ALargely uncodified
2. BSet out entirely in EU treaties
3. CCopied from the US constitution
4. DFully written in one document

The European Convention on Human Rights is enforced by:

1. AThe European Parliament
2. BThe Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg
3. CThe International Court of Justice in The Hague
4. DThe European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

In Bellinger v Bellinger, the House of Lords could not read the marriage law to recognise a trans woman's marriage to a man, so it:

1. AMade a declaration of incompatibility
2. BRead the statute compatibly under section 3
3. CStruck down the relevant provision
4. DReferred the case to Strasbourg

In Golder v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 6 includes:

1. AA right of access to a court
2. BA right to a jury trial
3. CA right to free legal aid in all cases
4. DA right to appeal to Strasbourg

In Pickin v British Railways Board, the House of Lords held that courts:

1. AMust investigate any allegation of fraud in Parliament
2. BWill not examine whether Parliament followed its internal procedures in passing an Act
3. CCan strike down a private Act if it is shown that Parliament was misled during its passage
4. DCan review Acts for compliance with private bill rules

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. BViolated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
3. CWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
4. DViolated only the First Amendment

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed the office of Lord Chancellor so that:

1. AThe Lord Chancellor became President of the Supreme Court and head of the judiciary in England
2. BThe Lord Chief Justice, not the Lord Chancellor, is head of the judiciary in England and Wales
3. CThe office was abolished completely
4. DThe Lord Chancellor gained power to dismiss judges