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Identify the rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment (from the Bill of Rights). |
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Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures |
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Common Law in the U.S. is based on laws of what country? |
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The Federal Constitution establishes 3 branches of government. They are? |
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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial |
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The Bill of Rights has been made specifically applicable to the states through what other amendment? |
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Identify the rights gauranteed by the following Constitutional Amendment (from the Bill of Rights) in regards to the 6th Amendment. |
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Public, Speedy Trial, Impartial Jury and right to counsel |
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Based on the materials presented in class, one of the main concerns of the delegates who met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to write the present constitution was? |
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Balancing a strong central government and state's rights |
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When the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, it applied to? |
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All state government and the federal government |
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The U.S. Constitution protects people from ___________ arrests. |
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Identify the rights guaranteed by the following Constitutional Amendment (from the Bill of Rights). Fifth Amendment. |
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Indictment for serious crime, prohibits double jeopardy, self-incrimination, guarantees due process |
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Under the Fourth Amendment, a search for evidence must be? |
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