Quizizz_Course E18

The 7th Amendment provides a trial by jury:

• in civil cases

• in criminal cases

• both

The 8th Amendment prevents the court from:

• keeping the accused in jail for not providing bail

• imposing cruel and unusual punishment

• both

The 11th Amendment says a state cannot be sued in a federal court by:

• a citizen of another state

• a citizen of a foreign nation

• both

Which amendment requires probable cause for a search warrant to be issued?

• 1

• 4

• 26

Which is true of federal officials who have been impeached and convicted?

• can be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgement, and punishment according to the law

• can finish their present term but not serve in the future

• cannot be tried in criminal court for the same offense

The power of the Supreme Court to decide that certain laws or actions of the government are unconstitutional is called:

• judicial review

• supreme oversight

• judicial veto

The power to hear cases that were decided in a lower court is:

• inferior jurisdiction

• higher court jurisdiction

• appellate jurisdiction

Jurisdiction is the:

• power of a jury to decide action

• area of authority to interpret and apply the laws

• the right to trial by jury

Procedural safeguard against unjust imprisonment; can only be suspended during war or rebellion:

• posse comitatus

• habeus corpus

• ex post facto

The Constitution forbids the government from passing a law to punish someone for an act that occurred before the law was enacted. This kind of law is called:

• ex post facto

• habeus corpus

• e pluris unum