Arrest Search and Seizure / Constitutional Law Flashcards
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What is the supreme law of the land?
Constitutional Law
What are the three sources of law?
Constitutional Law, Statutory Law, Common Law
What are the two types of law?
Substantive Law, Procedural Law
____ law defines the rights and duties of citizens
Substantive
____ law specifies the method whereby substantive law is enforced
Procedural
The statutes concerning issuance, execution, and return of search warrants are examples of _____ laws
Procedural
The U.S. Constitution is divided into ____ major articles
7
__________ establishes the structure and functions of Congress.
Article 1
Article VI contains the ______ ______ which says that the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States are the Supreme Law of the land
Supremacy Clause
Article ____ establishes the executive branch of government and provides that the executive powers are vested in the President.
2
Article _____ vests the judicial powers of the United States in the Supreme Court of the United States and in any inferior courts established by Congress.
3
Article _____ contains the requirements for the original ratification of the Constitution.
7
Article _____ defines the duties that states owe each other.
4
Article _____ provides the procedures to amend the Constitution.
5
The Constitution grants _____ procedural safeguards to persons accused of crimes.
4
The latin phrase meaning, “Have the body”
Habeas Corpus
A _____ is an order of a court commanding a government official to perform an act
writ
The ______________ requires the custodian to bring the prisoner before a judge for a determination upon the legality of the detention
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Article ____ Section ____ requires that all criminal cases except impeachment be tried by a jury
3, 2
A special act of legislature inflicting punishment on a person without a conviction through judicial proceedings
Bills of Attainder
______________ are illegal because they attempt to make certain conduct illegal after the fact.
Ex post facto laws
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Gradually, through the _____________ of the 14th Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court applied most of the safeguards in the Bill of Rights to the states.
Due Process Clause
Without the ______ Amendment due process and equal protection clauses, the U.S. Supreme Court would not review state decisions on search and seizure, self-incrimination, and the right to counsel.
Fourteenth Amendment