Due Process Review

What is the definition of due process?

• The process where governmental bodies can deprive a person of their constitutional rights.

• Governmental bodies cannot make laws which deprives a person of their constitutional rights.

• The relationship between church and state.

• The process where laws must leave open alternative channels of communication.

Why is the 14th Amendment known as the Great Amendment? (Choose all that apply)

• Without the 14th Amendment, the Bill of Rights would have little impact.

• Establishes time, place, and manner.

• Civil rights movement would not have happened without the 14th Amendment.

• Establishes the requirements to become a naturalized United States Citizen.

The 4th Amendment states that no person may be deprived of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (True or False)

• True

• False

A ______ against the government acting unfairly.

• Violation

• Requirement

• Safeguard

• Guarantee

Which of these choices is NOT a requirement for becoming a naturalized citizen? 

• Be at least 18 years of age.

• Demonstrate good moral character.

• Have at least a high school diploma

• Be able to read, write, speak, and understand basic English

Jus Soli ( law of the soil) states that anyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen.

• False

• True

Jus Sanguine (law of the blood) refers to how a person is NOT a United States citizen even if he/she is born outside of the United States.

• true

• false

What are the 2 types of due process?

• Regulatory and substantive

• Procedural and substantive

• Governmental and procedural

• Eminent domain and fundamental

Which is not a procedural due process safeguards that the government must follow?

• Search warrants

• Miranda rights

• Trial by jury

• The right for a state to make laws only for a specific case.

What is the definition of procedural due process

• Requires that governments act in a fair way when contemplating taking someone’s life, liberty, or property

• Limits the government in that the laws that they make have to be fair and rational

• When a governmental body declares it needs someone’s property for the public’s use

• That anyone born in the U.S is a U.S citizen