The First Amendment
What is the Freedom of the Press?
The right to report news or circulate opinion without censorship from the government.
What amendment gives the right to a speedy trial?
The 6th amendment.
What does the Second Amendment cover?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, and the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.
Officers must obtain it voluntarily but need not warn of the right to refuse.
Consent
The two categories of due process?
Substantive and Procedural
What does the Freedom of Speech mean?
That everyone has the right to speak freely.
What amendment covers the quartering of troops in a citizens house?
The 3rd Amendment.
The right of the people to have and to carry firearms.
A legal document enabling a law enforcement officer to search and take someone's property.
A warrant
Procedural due process gives us protection against what?
Unfair treatment by the government.
What does the Freedom of Religion mean?
That a person has the right to be able to practice, leave or even not have a religion at all.
What amendment covers the right to trial by a jury of your peers?
The 7th Amendment.
Who introduced the Second Amendment?
James Madison
What is this a definition of - Sufficient reason, based on existing facts that a crime has been committed or that property is evidence of a crime?
Probable Cause
Due process rights that are not specifically stated in the constitution but are inferred.
Substantive due process
Does the First Amendment apply to privately owned companies?
No, it only limits the government from silencing you or making you say something.
Which amendment states that those rights not given to the federal government are given to the state government?
The 10th Amendment.
When was the Second Amendment adopted?
December 15, 1791
An official takes a person into custody and holds him from anywhere between a few hours to a few days to answer for a criminal charge.
An arrest
Originally the 5th Amendment only applied to this level of government.
The Federal government
What does the First Amendment cover?
Speech, Assembly, Religion, Press and Petition
Which amendment says that all the rights not listed in the Constitution belong to the people, not the government?
The 9th Amendment.
What does the right "to a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" mean?
The right of the state governments to have their own militias that were well maintained and ready to fight.
Of the following it is NOT necessary to obtain an arrest warrant - a neutral magistrate, an affidavit, name of person, criminal history.
A criminal history
The 5th Amendment prohibits the federal government from depriving a person of what three things without due process?
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness