Chapter 10 College board
which of the following principles protects a citizen from imprisonment without trial?
Due process
To which level of government did the Bill of Rights originally apply?
Federal government only
Most of the individual protections of the Bill of Rights now apply to the states because of the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution's
Fourteenth Amendment
"Just as the Fourth Amendment's right to privacy has been declared enforceable against the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth, it is enforceable by the same sanction . . . as is used against the federal government. Were it otherwise, . . . the assurance against unreasonable searches and seizures would be 'a form of words,' valueless . . . 'in the concept of ordered liberty." Justice Tom Clark, Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Which two principles are addressed in the excerptabove? The incorporation doctrine The concept of eminent domain The exclusionary rule The "wall of separation" doctrine
I and III
Which of the following reflects the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) ?
It ruled that a woman's right to an abortion was a privacy right incorporated to all of the states.
In the majority opinion of a United States Supreme Court case, Justice Alito wrote, "we now turn directly to the question whether the...right to keep and bear arms is incorporated in the concept of due process. In answering that question, . . . we must decide whether the right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty." Which Supreme Court case is most aligned with Justice Alito's reasoning to treat gun ownership for self-defense as a fundamental liberty?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
The card (With your rights on it) shown above was issued as a consequence of which of the following Supreme Court decisions?
Miranda v. Arizona
In Gideon v. Wainwright, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the
Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel provision applies to those accused of major crimes under state laws
The United States Supreme Court has used which of the following to incorporate the Bill of Rights into state law?
The Fourteenth Amendment
The process of extending the protections of the Bill of Rights by means of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to the actions of state governments is known as
incorporation
The Supreme Court established the incorporation doctrine when the Court
interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment as extending most of the requirements of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as the federal government
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to
make most rights contained in the Bill of Rights applicable to the states
The federal Constitution guarantees all of the following rights to a person arrested and charged with a serious crime EXCEPT the right to
negotiate a plea bargain But allows Right to: Remain Silent Be represented by a lawyer Demand a writ of habeas corpus receive a speedy and public trial
n Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court declared that
police must inform criminal suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning suspects after arrest
The 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that upheld a woman's right to secure an abortion was based on the right to
privacy implied in the Bill of Rights
Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade are similar Supreme Court cases in that both cases are based on the
right of privacy
In Roe v. Wade, the majority of Supreme Court justices determined that
the United States Constitution implies a right to privacy and thus made abortions legal
The Supreme Court's decision about abortion in Roe v. Wade was based on
the right to privacy implied in the Bill of Rights
The "Miranda warning" represents an attempt to protect criminal suspects against
unfair police interrogation