In United States v. Cruikshank (1875), the Supreme Court stated that only Congress
was forbidden from infringing on the Second Amendment.
a. True
b. False
The Supreme Court has not prohibited execution of:
a. juveniles
b. the mentally ill
c. the handicapped
d. the mentally retarded
How many states authorize lethal injections as a method of execution, as of 2010?
a. 50
b. 13
c. 36
d. 26
The two approaches that have been used to determine reasonableness with respect to the
Fourth Amendment are the bright-line approach and the
a. blue-line methodology.
b. case-law approach.
c. case-by-case method.
d. common-law approach.
The Amendment which describes the requirements for a fair trial, including the right of
the accused to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, to be advised of the charges
against them, to confront witnesses against them and to be represented by a lawyer is
the.
a. Fifth Amendment
b. Eighth Amendment
c. Sixth Amendment
d. Fourth Amendment
In the case of Texas v. Johnson (1989), the Supreme Court ruled: “If there is a bedrock
principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit
the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or
disagreeable.” This case involved:
a. child pornography
b. flag burning
c. cross burning
d. nude dancing
Any officer who speaks in public on an employment matter is not protected by the First
Amendment.
a. True
b. False
The first written agreement among the colonies to stand together in resistance to Great
Britain was:
a. a result of the First Continental Congress.
b. a result of the Second Continental Congress.
c. known as The Federalist Papers.
d. the Mayflower Compact.
The Supreme Court ruled that there was no express right of an individual to keep and
bear arms in
a. United States v. Miller.
b. Stevens v. United States.
c. District of Columbia v. Heller.
d. Miranda v. United States.
The precedent case for searches incidental to a lawful arrest is:
a. Minnesota v. Dickerson.
b. Terry v. Ohio.
c. New Jersey v. T.L.O.
d. Chimel v. California.
Which of the following is not guaranteed or prohibited by the Fifth Amendment?
a. right against self-incrimination
b. trial by jury
c. double jeopardy
d. just compensation
A geographic area in which a case may be heard is known as
a. venue.
b. concurrent jurisdiction.
c. original jurisdiction.
d. general jurisdiction.
The laws that emanate from the Supreme Court:
a. are the law of the land.
b. may be appealed to another court having similar jurisdiction.
c. constitute statutory law.
d. may hold only until the end of the presiding chief justice’s term.
The ________Amendment gave the vote to black males.
a. Fifteenth
b. Nineteenth
c. Twenty-First
d. Twenty-Third
All of the following delineate the point at which an arrest has actually occurred, except:
a. intending to take the person into custody.
b. exercising the authority to do so.
c. detaining or restraining the person to be arrested.
d. informing the arrestee of their rights.
The “fleeing felon” rule that allowed police officers to shoot any felon attempting an
escape was invalidated by the
Supreme Court’s ruling in:
a. Dunaway v. New York (1979).
b. Brown v. Texas (1979).
c. Tennessee v. Garner (1985).
d. State v. MacKenzie (1965).
The Star Chamber was:
a. the old Supreme Court chamber located in the U.S. Capitol.
b. an English court that tried people in secret with no regard to due process.
c. a group of highly revered lawyers who drafted the Sixth Amendment.
d. an 1880s theatrical group that taught the public the true meaning of “due process.”
A(n) _____________is a situation where the police take someone in for questioning in
a manner that is, in reality, an arrest:
a. pretext arrest
b. ulterior motive seizure
c. de facto arrest
d. material witness seizure
The right to counsel is the only Sixth Amendment guarantee which extends beyond the
trial.
a. True
b. False
The ______________helped indigent defendants through release on recognizance
(ROR)..
a. American Civil Liberties Union
b. Judiciary Act of 1789.
c. Bail Reform Act of 1966.
d. Bail Reform Act of 1984.
Whether a trial is sufficiently speedy is determined by the length of the delay, the
reason for the delay, ________________, and the harm caused.
a. court review of the facts
b. the prosecution’s waiver of the right
c. the relevance of the delay
d. the defendant’s assertion of this right
The only unincorporated right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment is the right to:
a. be a witness against oneself.
b. a grand jury indictment.
c. due process of law.
d. just compensation when government takes private property.
When stopping in individual based on reasonable suspicion, the police officer may
search the individual’s outer clothing as well as the area within the suspect’s immediate
control.
a. True
b. False
A search with a warrant includes
a. limited authority to detain the occupants of the premises during the search.
b. the requirement to conduct the search within one hour.
c. the authority to arrest anyone who refuses consent.
d. the duty to ensure that the premises are left in the same condition they were found.
The Miranda warning must be given:
a. immediately upon arresting an individual.
b. only to those suspects interrogated in the custody of police.
c. to all witnesses who may be called upon to testify in court.
d. to anyone being interrogated by the police.
The Supreme Court held that the right to bear arms for lawful purpose was not granted
by the Constitution in
a. District of Columbia v. Heller.
b. the National Firearms Act.
c. Perry v. Remington
d. United States v. Cruikshank
A seizure is not necessarily an arrest, but all arrests are seizures.
a. True
b. False
The Supreme Court held that even when a private person opens a package and then
reseals it, a DEA agent can reopen the package to see what the private person saw
without a search warrant in the case of:
a. United States v. Parker
b. United States v. Walther
c. Federal Express v. UPS
d. United States v. Jacobsen
The ________was designed in response to fear of a national government with too much
power which was, at the time, considered to be the greatest threat to liberty.
a. Eleventh Amendment
b. Fourteenth Amendment
c. Tenth Amendment
d. Twelfth Amendment
Incrimination is the act of accusing, implicating, or identifying someone as having been
involved in the crime or other wrongdoing.
a. True
b. False
You have brought in a suspect in a serious crime to the police station. So far, he has
been silent. You did read him his Miranda rights when you handcuffed him and also
made him sign a written version of the rights while he was sitting at the interrogation
table. You ask him again if he would like to talk about what happened and, this time, he
says, “You know, I am very hungry and my blood sugar is starting to cause me some
problems. Could you please give me some food, you lousy cop?” Angry, you leave the
interrogation room for 20 minutes to fill out paperwork and let the suspect consider the
situation. When you return, the suspect is even more agitated, demanding food and also
using profanity, insulting you and your family. What should you do? What are the legal
ramifications of your action or inaction?
Driving while intoxicated and hot pursuit situations are examples of
_________________.
A _________trial is required for death penalty cases.
You are a new police officer riding with a senior sergeant on patrol. As you approach an
older man who appears to be down on his luck and wearing old, dirty clothes, the
sergeant tells you to pull the car over. He gets out of the car, grabs the disheveled man
by the shoulders and pushes him into the nearby wall. He then, quite loudly, demands
the man tell him where his brother, a man wanted for many serious offenses, is living.
The man immediately gives your sergeant the address and the sergeant gets back into
the car. As you drive away, you can tell that the man on the street is slightly injured and
terrified that you will return. You are successful in arresting the suspect at the address.
Your sergeant can tell that you are uncomfortable and tells you that you need
to understand how to talk to people in this neighborhood to get things done or police
officers will be at risk. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Assume a judge, legislator, or police officer is not prejudiced against minority groups,
but they disproportionately punish minority groups through their rulings, laws, or
enforcement policies. Should this unintended impact allow us to label the behavior
discriminatory? Why or why not?
Issuing magistrates must be _______and detached.
The Supreme Court has banned execution of the insane. However, the Supreme Court
allowed Arkansas officials to force a convicted murderer to take drugs to make him
sane enough to be executed in Singleton v. Norris (2003). The Supreme Court also held
that an inmate who becomes mentally ill while in prison could not be executed in Ford
v. Wainwright (1986). Using the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and unusual” standard,
how can you reconcile the decisions in the Arkansas case and the Ford v. Wainwright
case? In one situation, an insane person can be medicated and then put to death, while
another person who becomes insane cannot. Beyond the Eighth Amendment, do you
think there are any ethical issues raised by the Arkansas case?
The _______Amendment established the right to a federal jury trial for all “suits at
common law” if the value was over $20.
England’s historic , a precedent for democratic government and individual rights, played
an important role in the framing of the United States Constitution.
In ____________, the Supreme Court reinstated the Georgia death penalty by
sustaining its revised death penalty law.
In the Brown decision, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” _______were
illegal.
In the case of _____________, the Supreme Court allowed for reasonable restrictions
on firearms.
Local jurisdictions, such as at the county or municipal level, may enact their own
specific codes, often referred to as _____.
Courts generally justify the consent exception to the search warrant using the
voluntariness and __________tests.
During _________, the justices consider administrative matters and write opinions, but
do not hear cases.
Explain what the Fourteenth Amendment did and its effect on all U.S. citizens.
Courts typically justify the consent exception by two separate tests: the __________test
and the ______test.