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36 Cards in this Set
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Damages to reputation in the form of spoken are known as... |
Libel |
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Which of the following would violate the ban on ex post facto laws? |
Retroactive Criminal Statute |
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The primary considerations in analysis of laws under the void-for-vagueness doctrine are... |
Reasonably fair notice and potential for arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement. |
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The ... Amendment requires that states provide equal protection of laws. |
Fourteenth |
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The ... Amendment requires the states provide due process of laws. |
Fourteenth |
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The First Amendment offers protection from government for .... |
Some expressive conduct as well as some spoken or written words. |
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The First Amendment protects which of the following? |
Expressive Conduct |
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Even though this word doesn't appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that there is such a fundamental right. |
Privacy |
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The idea that we cannot punish behavior unless there was already a law forbidding it is called ...... |
The Principle of Legality |
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The ban on cruel and unusual punishment is found in the ..... Amendment. |
Eighth |
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The case of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) involved...... |
The use of contraceptives by a married couple |
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Barbaric punishment are those punishments which ........ |
Are considered no longer acceptable to a civilized society. |
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Laws regulating the purchase ownership and possession of guns may run afoul of ...... |
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
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The rule of law and principle of legality require that people be punished only ....... |
For violating properly enacted laws. |
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Which of the following methods of execution is not cruel and unusual punishment? |
Lethal Injection |
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The .... Amendment provides for the right to associate and assemble with those of your choosing. |
First |
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The ......... .... ......... case dealt with the state's ability to limit nude dancing. |
Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. et. al. |
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Laws governing hate crimes, such as cross burnings, will always fun afoul of the First Amendment's free speech clause because they involve expressive conduct. T/F |
False |
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The ban on ex post facto laws is designed to prevent excessively vague laws. T/F |
False |
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The void-for-vagueness doctrine totally prohibits any vagueness or uncertainty in laws. T/F |
False |
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Statues that criminalize innocent acts after they're committed violate the ban against ex post facto laws. T/F |
True |
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Yelling "fire" in a crowded movie theater is an example of non-protected speech known as clear and present danger. T/F |
True |
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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that states may not prohibit nude dancing. T/F |
False |
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Fighting words are not protected by the First Amendment. T/F |
True |
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According to the U.S. Supreme Court, beheading would not be considered cruel and unusual punishment. T/F |
False
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The U.S. Supreme Court has disallowed the use of the death penalty for the rape of an adult victim. T/F |
True |
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The Sixth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. T/F |
False |
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Executing people who are mentally retarded has been held as a violation to the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. T/F |
True |
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The Eighth Amendment principle of ..... requires that punishment fit the crime. |
Proportional |
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............ is offensive, sexually explicit material which is not protected by the First Amendment. |
Obscene |
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The doctrine which dictates that laws provide notice to the individuals as to what behavior constitutes a crime is the ...... .. ........ doctrine. |
Void of Vagueness |
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The void-for-vagueness doctrine addresses the evil of ..... and discriminatory practices in criminal justice administration. |
Arbitrary |
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The constitutional right to privacy is found within the ...... of the constitution. |
Penumbra |
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There are two types of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment : ........... punishment and ........... punishment. |
Barbaric;Disproportionate |
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Words that are likely to provoke the average person to retaliation and cause a breach of the peace are known as ............. words. |
Fighting |
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Damages to reputation expressed in print, writing, pictures, or signs are known as ............ , whereas damages to reputation expressed in spoken words are known as ............ |
Libel;Slander |