Constitutional Law Flashcards
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The Arkansas Constitution of 1874 provides that the Governor serves a term of:
Answer: 4 years
The Arkansas Governor serves a four-year term under the Arkansas Constitution, with a two-consecutive-term limit.
Under the Arkansas Constitution, the Supreme Court of Arkansas consists of how many justices?
Answer: 7
The Arkansas Supreme Court consists of seven justices — a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices.
Under the First Amendment as applied to Arkansas, which standard applies when a content-neutral regulation incidentally burdens speech?
Answer: Intermediate scrutiny (O'Brien test): the regulation must advance an important government interest unrelated to suppression of speech)
Content-neutral regulations that incidentally burden speech are evaluated under intermediate scrutiny, requiring the government to show an important interest unrelated to suppressing speech.
Under Arkansas constitutional law, which branch has the power to declare laws unconstitutional?
Answer: The Arkansas Supreme Court through judicial review
The Arkansas Supreme Court exercises the power of judicial review to invalidate laws that violate the Arkansas Constitution or the U.S. Constitution.
The Arkansas Constitution's Amendment 80 restructured the court system. Which courts were abolished?
Answer: Chancery and probate courts, which were merged into the circuit court system
Amendment 80, effective 2001, abolished separate chancery and probate courts and merged their jurisdiction into the circuit court system.
Under the Equal Protection Clause as applied in Arkansas, what standard of review applies to a law that classifies based on sex?
Answer: Intermediate scrutiny requiring exceedingly persuasive justification
Sex-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause are subject to intermediate scrutiny, requiring the government to show the classification is substantially related to an important government interest.