Constitution/Bill of Rights
The rules, guidelines, expectations for the government to follow is called this.
The Constitution
The 5th Amendment guarantees that no one can be deprived of life liberty, or property without this.
Citizens in Washington D.C. were forbidden from owning or possessing handguns within the city...even if they lived there. The court found that this law violated this 2nd amendment right.
The Second Amendment
Kim was arrested for writing an article criticizing the government in the Daily News.
Legislative Branch
Police cannot search your property without written permission from a judge which is called this.
Warrant
The 8th Amendment prohibits very high bail, fines and this.
Cruel or unusual punishment
Charles Schenck was arrested for passing out anti-draft pamphlets in front of a military recruitment center during WWI. Schenck claimed this was a violation of his freedom of speech. This case established this test to decide if free speech is applicable.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Mr. Bean is arrested for attending a protest against the government in NYC.
This system splits the governments power
System of Checks and Balances
The 6th amendment says a criminal defendant has the right to assistance of this.
Attorney
The first amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and this.
Petition the government
This is the reason that Gerald Schweiger could not be retried for murder even though he admitted to killing his girlfriend's father after being found not guilty at a previous trial.
Double Jeopardy
Roper V. Simmons
The Executive Branch includes this
President, Vice President and the Cabinet
The 6th Amendment only deals with these types of cases.
Criminal cases
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to this.
keep and bear arms.
When an undercover police officer bought weed from a house on Estrella Ave., this was enough evidence to convince a person that a search of the house may turn up more marijuana. That is the amount of evidence needed to satisfy this burden for a search warrant.
Probable Cause
This case decided that if you commit a crime under 18 years old you can not be sentenced to life without murder unless this.
Homicide
Congress is made up of these two groups and has the representatives split up this way.
Senate with each state having two representatives and the House Of Representatives who is split based on state population.
The third amendment says the Government cannot force people to house soldiers during this.
Time of peace
The idea that Citizens cannot be tried twice for the same offense is found in the 5th Amendment and is called protection from this.
Double Jeopardy
After being arrested for murder, Mr. McNeil can refuse to answer questions he thinks may make him look guilty by stating this simple phrase.
"I plead the fifth"
This is what the police read when they make an arrest
Miranda Rights
A newspaper headline reads: "The Supreme Court strikes down a new law banning books in elementary schools." This would be an example of which branch conducting its role?
Judicial Branch