Lesson 3: The Bill of Rights and Criminal Law Flashcards
Was is the Fifth Amendment?
Protects individuals from being forced to incriminate themselves.
What is due process?
A Constitutional right against vague, broad, or unclear laws.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a lawyer, public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.
What is the Seventh Amendment?
Civil cases or lawsuits based on disagreements between people or businesses have a right to be decided by a jury in federal court.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
All of the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government.
What is an enumerated right?
A right not explicitly granted in the Bill of Rights but implied by the Ninth Amendment.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
