8.5: Due Process of Law

When the Supreme Court finds the content of law to be unconstitutional, it has acted to uphold A. substantive due process. B. procedural due process. C. the police power. D. the public welfare.

A. substantive due process.

Which of the following is allowable under the police power? A. pumping the stomach of a criminal suspect B. requiring the use of seat belts C. requiring all children to attend public, not private, schools D. outlawing the vaccination of schoolchildren

B. requiring the use of seat belts

What is the police power? A. the requirement that laws must be fair B. the authority of each State to act to protect the public C. the prohibition against unreasonable government actions D. the individual right to safety, health, and welfare

B. the authority of each State to act to protect the public

Police officers break into a home unlawfully to look for evidence. This is an example of the violation of A. substantive due process. B. the rights of the accused. C. procedural due process. D. the right of association.

C. procedural due process.

Which of the following best explains how the due process helps protect individual rights? A. Due process says the government must exercise its police power. B. Due process helps punish lawbreakers and so protects individual rights. C. Due process allows the government to make new laws to protect individual rights. D. Due process holds that government must act fairly and in accord with established rules.

D. Due process holds that government must act fairly and in accord with established rules.