Quiz Thursday

Question 1

What is police power?

Answer 1

The power to promote and to protect the public

Question 2

What is the 13th amendment?

How did supreme court breath new life into it?

Answer 2

Slavery and servitude, except as crime punishment, shall exist in the US
They re-discovered the part of that law that said anyone of any race can not be denied the purchase, lease, etc…, of anything based on him/her culture

Question 3

What is the second amendment?

Answer 3

It’s the right to bear arms

Question 4

Define Probable Cause

Answer 4

It’s the term for how a warrant is wanted, it’s the suspicion of a crime.

Question 5

What is exclusionary rule?

Answer 5

Evidence gained after an illegal course if action can not be used in court during a trial

Question 6

What does the writ of habeas corpus seek to prevent?

Answer 6

It try’s to prevent unjust arrests and imprisonments

Question 7

What are Bills of attainder?

What are ex post facto laws?

Why are they forbidden?

Answer 7

Inflicting punishment without a court trial

Criminal law, applies to a crime beforehand, works to the disadvantage of the accused

They are unconstitutional

Question 8

What guaranties does the 5th amendment offer the accused

Answer 8

No person can have double jeopardy

Question 9

List the provisions of the 6th amendment concerning the rights of the accused

Answer 9

• defendant may request trial in an alternate location

- the defendant can put aside the right to a jury

Question 10

In cases involving cruel and unusual punishment, how has court generally ruled?

Answer 10

Not guilty

Question 11

What is supreme courts view if capital punishment?

Answer 11

They’ve been reluctant to face that high a charge

Question 12

What is the difference between Procedural due process and substantive due process?

Answer 12

Procedure due process has to do with how (the methods, procedures) the government will take action, substantive due process had to do with what (the substance, politics) kind of action the government takes

Question 13

What is the 4th amendment?

Answer 13

Police must, except for particular cases, have a warrant on order to search a place, car, person, etc…, or make an arrest

Question 14

What might you not need a search warrant for?

Answer 14

A car

Question 15

What is the exclusionary rule?

Answer 15

Evidence obtained during an illegal search can not be used in a court case

Question 16

Gideon vs Wainright

Answer 16

After this case, it was decided that you have the right to have someone defending you in a court case

Question 17

Habeas Corpus

Answer 17

It is a writ that is used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted from a state court to a federal court. Usually, writs of Habeas Corpus are used to review the legality of the party’s arrest, imprisonment, or detention.

Question 18

What does self-incrimination mean?

Answer 18

Innocent till proven guilty

Question 30

What is the 3rd amendment?

Answer 30

Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private home

Question 31

What does the 8th amendment deal with?

Answer 31

It deals with bail, and cruel and unusual punishment by forbidding it to do so