Historical Figures
Criminal Justice
Bill of Rights
Privacy
PreConstitution
100
This Constitutional figure pioneered the Virginia Plan, which captured his goal of democracy, and was the architect of the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
100
List 3 of the 4 constitutional amendments applied most by law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals.
What are the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments?
100
This First Amendment clause defines our notion of “separation of church and state.”
What is the Separation of church and state?
100
A constitutional right derived from the “liberty” concept of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
What is Privacy?
100
Our first constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
This President signed Congress’s line-item veto act, which was later struck down as a violation of Article I’s Presentment Clause by the Supreme Court.
Who is Bill Clinton?
200
This is the level of proof required to convict a person of a crime.
What is Beyond a reasonable doubt?
200
This Amendment addresses unlawful search and seizure.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
200
A glowing or shadow that emanates from the Bill of Rights and implies a right of privacy is called a
What is Penumbra?
200
Our pre-constitutional Congress lacked these 2 features that make up our Congress today because of the Great Compromise.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
300
Asserting executive privilege and losing, this President was ordered to turn over subpoenaed audiotape from the oval office, pursuant to a criminal investigation of the Watergate affair.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
Under the Exclusionary Rule, illegally seized items can be excluded, and so can things such as statements or physical evidence that are the by-products of the illegal search. This concept is known as.......
What is fruit of the poisonous tree?
300
In this Amendment, an individual is protected against self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
300
While the right to refuse medical attention is recognized by the Supreme Court, assisting in THIS ACTION remains illegal in most states.
What is Suicide?
300
The Federalist Papers and Component III of Madisonian Democracy came about to overcome this largest hurdle faced by the Framers in adopting the United States Constitution.
What is State Ratification?
400
This individual filed suit in the Supreme Court seeking mandamus against James Madison, ordering him to deliver his commission papers as justice of the peace.
Who is John Marbury?
400
This is the most common exception to the 4th Amendment warrant requirement.
What is consent?
400
This type of media receives the least amount of First Amendment scrutiny by the Supreme Court because its publication is virtually limitless.
What is Print Media?
400
State regulations placed in front of a pregnant mother that would simply slow down the decision-making process and were not considered substantive were referred to as
What is undue burdens?
400
This major event led to the drafting of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Independence from Britain/winning the Revolutionary War?
500
This individual was the 4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court and whose court opinions formed the basis of most American constitutional law.
Who is John Marshall?
500
It is under these circumstances that Miranda rights come into play.
What is custody and interrogation?
500
Flag burning and nude dancing constitute conduct that is classified as this type of speech and, therefore, protected by the First Amendment.
What is Symbolic Speech?
500
In Roe v. Wade, a trimester framework was set up to protect the interests of the woman and the state. In Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the trimester framework was discarded and replaced with the concept of
What is Viability?
500
Disunity among the States, which later formed the basis for this clause in Article IV, Section I of the United States Constitution, presented a major problem that our country faced under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
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