AP®︎ U.S. Government & Politics: Topic 3.9 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.9 of AP U.S. Government & Politics – Amendments: Due Process and the Right to Privacy.
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Topic 3.9
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: LO 3.9.A
What clause of the 14th Amendment is associated with due process?
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Topic 3.9: Amendments: Due Process and the Right to Privacy
Learning Objective: LO 3.9.A
Explain the extent to which the government is limited by substantive due process from infringing upon individual rights.
Review: EK 3.9.A.1
Over time, the Supreme Court has recognized constitutionally protected rights that are not explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights. These unenumerated rights include the right to privacy. Justices and scholars have drawn on several arguments to defend the existence of unenumerated rights. Some argue that an unenumerated right is implied by certain amendments that assume the existence of such rights. Others argue that the Ninth Amendment, which states that individuals have protected rights beyond those listed in the first eight amendments, provides support for the existence of unenumerated rights. In a range of cases, the Supreme Court has used substantive due process to examine whether government laws and actions are arbitrary infringements of individual rights.
Review: EK 3.9.A.2
While a right to privacy is not explicitly named in the Constitution, the Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), interpreted the due process clause to protect the right of privacy from government infringement. In Roe v. Wade (1973), the Supreme Court held that the application of substantive due process further extended the privacy right to abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, leaving decisions about the regulation of abortion to legislatures. The actions that are protected by the right to privacy and substantive due process continue to be debated.
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