Rights of the Accused

Question 1

A major challenge for democratic political systems is

Answer 1

dealing with crime & criminals

Question 2

A ______ is an act against a law of the state.

Answer 2

crime

Question 3

To protect the innocent, the __ amendment guarantees “the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Answer 3

4th

Question 4

Before 1980, __ states had search laws that permitted the police to enter home without a warrant if they had probable cause to believe that the occupant had committed a felony.

Answer 4

23

Question 5

A ____ is a major crime.

Answer 5

felony

Question 6

In _____ v. _____ _____ the Court established the exclusionary rule.

Answer 6

Weeks v. United States.

Question 7

The ______ ______ states that any illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in federal court.

Answer 7

exclusionary rule

Question 8

In the _____ ____ v. ____ the Court ruled that as long as the police act in good faith when they request a warrant , the evidence they collect may be used in court even if the warrant is defective.

Answer 8

United States v. Leon

Question 9

In 1984, the court also approved an “ _____ _____” exception to the exclusionary rule.

Answer 9

In evitable discovery

Question 10

In ____ v. _____, the Court held that evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s right can be used be used at trial.

Answer 10

Nix v. Williams

Question 11

___ amendment protections may be limited inside high schools.

Answer 11

4th

Question 12

In _____ ____ v. _____, the Supreme Court ruled that school officials do not need warrants or probable cause to search students or their property.

Answer 12

New Jersey v. T.L.O

Question 13

In 1995 the Court upheld in ___ ____ ____ ___ v. ____ ____ suspicionless drug tests for all students participating in interscholastic athletics.

Answer 13

Vernonia School district 47j v. Acton mandatory

Question 14

In ____ v. _____ ____ extended the 4th Amendment protections by prohibiting wiretapping without warrant.

Answer 14

Katz v. United States

Question 15

In _____ congress passed the _____ ____ _____ and _____ ____ Act which required federal, state, and local authorities to obtain a court order for most wiretaps.

Answer 15

1968

omnibus crime control and safe streets act

Question 16

In ____ Congress passed the _____ ____ ____ act, requiring a court order even for wiretapping and bugging in national security cases.

Answer 16

1978

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Question 17

The ____ amendment guarantees a defendant the right “to have the assistance of counsel for is defense”

Answer 17

6th

Question 18

The Supreme Court first dealt with the right to counsel in state courts in ______ v. ____ (1932)

Answer 18

Powell v. Alabama

Question 19

In _____ v. ______, the Court held that states did not have to provide a lawyer in cases not involving the death penalty.

Answer 19

Betts v. Brady

Question 20

In ____, Clarence Earl Gideon won a landmark case that ended the Betts rule

Answer 20

1963

Question 21

The ____ amendment says that no one “ shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.

Answer 21

5th

Question 22

In 1964 the Court reversed Escobedo’s conviction, ruling that Escobedo’s ___ and __ amendment rights had been violated. What case was this?

Answer 22

5th and 6th.

Escobedo v. Illinois

Question 23

In March 1963, ____ ____ had been arrested and convicted for the rape and kidnapping of an 18-year-old woman.
What is the case also?

Answer 23

Ernesto Miranda

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 24

The guidelines that police use before the questioning of suspects are now known as _____ rules.

Answer 24

Miranda

Question 25

The ___ amendment states in part that no person shall be “twice put in jeopardy of life and limb.

Answer 25

5th

Question 26

__________ means a person may not be tried twice for the same crime , thus protecting people from continual harassment.

Answer 26

Double Jeopardy

Question 27

The ____ amendment forbids “cruel and unusual punishments”

Answer 27

8th

Question 28

In ____ v. _____ (1976) the Court ruled that under adequate guidelines the death penalty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

Answer 28

Gregg v. Georgia

Question 29

_______ ______ is a set of policies developed in the 1960s to remedy the past.

Answer 29

Affirmative Action

Question 30

______ ______ is the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.

Answer 30

Reverse discrimination

Question 31

_____ _____ made it where the state was barred from favoring applicants on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.

Answer 31

proposition 209

Question 32

Woman did not win the right to vote until ____ when the ____ amendment was adopted.

Answer 32

1920

19th

Question 33

In ____ v. _______, the Court said that automatically preferred a father over a mother as executor of a son’s estate violated the __ amendment.

Answer 33

Reed v. Reed

14th

Question 34

The ____ ____ ___ of 1964 banned job discrimination based on gender.

Answer 34

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 35

The ____ _____ ____ ____ strengthened earlier laws on discrimination in hiring and firing practices , promotion, pay, and other employment practices

Answer 35

Equal Employment Opportunity Act

Question 36

Congress passed a comprehensive education law that included provisions referred to as ____ ___.

Answer 36

Title IX

Question 37

_____ ____, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress. was the primary sponsor of Title IX.

Answer 37

Patsy Mink

Question 38

The ____ _____ ____ (ERA) Stated: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of sex.

Answer 38

Equal Right Amendment