Constitutional law worksheet with answers

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

1. AMust approve all money bills within one week
2. BDoes not block government bills carrying out manifesto commitments
3. CElects the Speaker of the House of Commons
4. DMay permanently veto bills that alter the constitution of the United Kingdom

The Dutch Parliament (Staten-Generaal) consists of:

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

The principle of legality in public law means that a public authority:

1. ACan act freely unless a statute expressly prohibits the particular action taken
2. BNeeds a legal basis for its actions, especially when interfering with rights
3. CMust always be elected
4. DCan ignore laws during weekends

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

1. AJurisdiction, motive and fairness
2. BIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
3. CLegality, legitimacy and proportionality
4. DFraud, mistake and duress

In England and Wales, a claim for judicial review must generally be filed:

1. AAt any time
2. BWithin six years
3. CPromptly, and in any event within three months
4. DWithin one year

In Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza, the House of Lords used section 3 of the Human Rights Act to read "as his or her wife or husband" in the Rent Act as:

1. AIncluding same-sex partners
2. BApplying only to registered marriages
3. CExcluding all unmarried partners
4. DIncompatible, so it issued a declaration

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

In Germany, an individual who claims a public authority has violated their basic rights may, after exhausting other remedies, bring:

1. AA constitutional complaint to the Federal Constitutional Court
2. BA request to the Federal President to veto
3. CA petition directly to the Bundestag's President
4. DA case to the European Court of Justice