Due Process: Violation or Not?

Shelly, an eighteen-year old college student, is arrested for stealing a classmate’s term paper and selling it on the Internet. When she appears before the judge, she asks for a lawyer to help defend her. The judge tells her if she is smart enough to be in college, she is smart enough to defend herself. Besides, she is not being charged with a felony, so the stakes are not very high.

If there is a constitutional amendment violation present in this scenario, which amendment is violated?

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• No Violation

Mr. Hunter, an avid hunter, opens the door of his home one day to find agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms outside. They inform him that certain provisions of a new federal law allow them to confiscate his rifles so that he may not engage in terrorist activities or plot against the United States government. They have no evidence that he is connected to any such activities.

Which amendments are violated? Check all that apply.

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

A known drug dealer is arrested for suspected connections to an inner city murder. The police do not inform him of his rights and immediately begin to interrogate him. They continue until he admits he knows the victim of the crime and was in the neighborhood where the murder took place.

If there is a constitutional amendment violation present in this scenario, which amendment is violated?

• 2nd Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• No Violation

You are in the security line at the airport. The transportation safety agent requires you to take off your coat, take off your shoes, and empty your pockets. The agent also completes a pat-down search.

If there is a constitutional amendment violation present in this scenario, which one is violated?

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• No Violation

Which of the following accurately describes the difference between the 5th Amendment and the 14th Amendment in regards to due process?

• The 5th Amendment guarantees due process at state level and local levels only, while the 14th Amendment applies to the national, or federal, only.

• The 5th Amendment protects people from other nations, while the 14th Amendment protects U.S. citizens only.

• The 5th Amendment guarantees due process at the national, or federal, level, while the 14th Amendment guarantees due process to include state and local levels as well.

• The 5th Amendment guarantees due process for wealthier citizens, while the 14th Amendment guarantees due process for middle and lower income citizens.