Bill Of Rights Test

A system used by Maine and Nebraska whereby a candidate gets one electoralvote for each Congressional district he or she wins AND the winner of thestatewide popular votes gets an additional two electoral votes

• – A person chosen by his or her state
• legislature to cast a vote for president in the Electoral College

• – The rule stating that illegally
• seized evidence may not be used at trial.

• - Supreme Court case holding that
• states must provide attorneys for poor criminal defendants.

• – Supreme Court case holding that
• states must follow the exclusionary rule.

• - Supreme Court case holding that a
• defendant’s confession may not be used at trial unless the government informed
• the defendant of his rights before the confession.

• A system whereby each
• candidate would get a percentage of a state’s electoral votes roughly
• equivalent to the percentage of the state’s popular vote they received. E.g., if Obama wins 60% of Maryland and McCain wins 40%, then Obama
• gets 6 electoral votes and McCain gets 4.
• Not currently used in any states.

• –– A state in which one
• candidate has overwhelming support.
• Because most states have a winner-take-all system, candidates spend very
• little time in these states.

• – The judicial doctrine holding that
• the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment requires states to comply with most
• of the liberties listed in the Bill of Rights.

• – A state in which no
• presidential candidate appears to have overwhelming support. As a
• result, candidates spend a great deal of time and money in these
• states.

• A system whereby the
• candidate who wins the popular vote in a state gets all of the state’s
• electoral votes. E.g., if Obama wins 60%
• of Maryland
• and McCain wins 40%, then Obama gets 10 electoral votes and McCain gets 0.