Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. The original seven articles to the Constitution contain little mention of individual rights and
freedoms.
2. A petition for writ of habeas corpus was a fundamental English right; it did not originate in
the United States.
3. The Supreme Court held that an individual cannot be sentenced to death when the death
penalty in existence at the time the crime was committed is declared unconstitutional, even
if a subsequent constitutional death penalty is enacted prior to the individual’s conviction
and sentencing.
4. Today, the right to vote extends to eighteen-year-olds.
5. In the Slaughter-House Cases, the Court held that the Privileges and Immunities Clause of
the Fourteenth Amendment did not incorporate any of the Bill of Rights.

Answer 1

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE