Question

1) In the case schenck v. United states justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic" this is an example of what kind of rights?
A)absolute rights
B)natural rights
C)civil rights
D)relative rights

2)what are civil liberties?
A)freedom that have been granted by congress
B)freedom that protect people from government
C)rights that are granted to citizens
D)rights that are not clearly mentioned in the constitutions

3)what was the original purpose of the bill of rights?
A)to give the people their natural rights
B)to restrict the power of the national government
C)to restrict the power of the national and state government
D)to give power to the national government

Answer 1

1) In the case Schenck v. United states justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic" this is an example of what kind of rights?

D)relative rights

2)what are civil liberties?

B)freedom that protect people from government

3)what was the original purpose of the bill of rights?

B)to restrict the power of the national government

Answer 2

The correct answers are: 1)D The statement refers to a situation in which the rights of other people are interfered by the guilty party, who cannot plead innocence through the right of "freedom of speech", as it is relatively "inferior"or of no importance considering the transgression of others' rights. It is not an example of absolute, natural rights nor of civil rights (although it is about freedom of speech, which is a civil right), since its focus is about the peculiar situation, regarding relative rights. 2)B Civil liberties are a protective form of freedoms, or "liberties" which cannot be touched by the government, without due process. 3)B The Constitution initially didn't have a bill of rights and this became a controversial issue, focusing on the necessity to limit the governement's power.