Due Process
Punishment
Civil Liberties
Criminals ONLY!
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100
These two amendments contain due process clauses
What is the 5th and?14th amendments?
100
The form of capital punishment most states use (sentenced to death)
What is Lethal injection?
100
What was the intent of the patriot act
What is to prevent terroist acts.
100
Why did the framers of the Constitution include so many protections for criminal suspects?
What is When Britain ruled, people did not have these types of protections. Therefore, the founders wanted to create a new government that allowed people to have their liberty.
100
True or False: The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy" prevented gay people from serving in the US military.
What is False ( they were allowed to serve but could not state there sexuality)
200
The how (method) of government action.
What is procedural due process
200
Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution says that treason can consist of only these two things
What is levying war against the U.S. ?2) adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
200
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
What is To appease the Anti-Federalists who were worried that the central government would ignore people's basic civil liberties if these liberties were not written down for all people to see.
200
How did Gideon v. Wainwright affect civil liberties of criminal suspects?
What is Forces states to provide legal counsel to people accused of committing a crime. It selectively incorporated the 6th Amendment
200
Which two components must the government meet in order to deprive a group of people a fundamental liberty AND/OR discriminate based upon race?
What is The government must have a COMPELLING REASON. The government policy must be NARROWLY offended.
300
The abortion case that created the undue burden rule
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey
300
The case that the Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional because too many black or poor people were selected for execution.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
300
What phrase describes the gradual process of incorporating individual Bill of Right liberties to the states?
What is Selective Incorporation
300
How did Miranda v. Arizona affect civil liberties of criminal suspects?
What is The police must tell someone their DUE PROCESS rights after the suspect is detained.
300
Identify 2 procedural due process rights.
Many answers: - Eminent domain rights - Right to counsel - Free from illegal searches/seizures - Plead the 5th - No cruel/unusual punishment - Right to a speedy trial - Right to a jury trial
400
The Court declared this right existence in Griswold v. Connecticut
What is the right to privacy
400
In the Court held that the punishment of death as practiced in the two-stage approach did not violate the Constitution.
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
400
Which court case set the precedent of forcing states to recognize parts of the Bill of Rights on a case-by-case basis (aka Selective Incorporation)?
What is Gitlow v. New York
400
Explain the meaning of a bill of attainder.
What is This allows a legislature to formally declare a person guilty without giving them a trial.
400
This right is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution but does exist and allows for an individual to join an organization to promote a cause
What is right of association?
500
The case where the Court upheld a federal law banning Partial Birth Abortion
What is Gonzales v. Carhart?
500
This "rule" protects citizens from violations of the Fourth Amendment and attempts to prevent illegally seized evidence from being used in court
What is What is the Exclusionary Rule?
500
What does a writ of habeas corpus force the government to do?
What is The government must present an arrested person before a judge to learn why they have been arrested by the police.
500
How does FEDERALISM play a role in the use of the death penalty by the states?
What is States have the option of using the death penalty, BUT the national government cannot force states to use the death penalty.
500
Many Americans had misgivings about the Constitution until this action was taken
What is adding the Bill of Rights in 1791?
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