Due Process

What does the Fourteenth Amendment allow the Court to do?

• Expand the rights of the federal government

• Abolish the Bill of Rights

• Limit the rights against the states

• Incorporate the rights against the states over time

Which type of due process is a blanket prohibition on government infringing on fundamental liberties?

• Judicial due process

• Constitutional due process

• Procedural due process

• Substantive due process

What does the Fifth Amendment protect against?

• All of the above

• Right to an attorney

• Self-incrimination

• Double jeopardy

What is the main evidence used to convict Miranda in the Miranda v. Arizona case?

• Fingerprint evidence

• Confession

• Eyewitness testimony

• Alibi

What is the right provided by the Sixth Amendment in criminal prosecutions?

• Right to a speedy and public trial

• Right to a private trial

• Right to a secret trial

• Right to a delayed trial

What is the maximum time period for a trial to be considered 'speedy' according to most states?

• 90 days

• 30 days

• 45 days

• 60 days

What is the basis of the famous first sentence in every arrest warning?

• Eminent domain

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Fifth Amendment

What is the right provided by the Fifth Amendment in case of property being taken for public use?

• Right to an attorney

• Right to remain silent

• Right to just compensation

• Right to a fair trial

What is the protection against self-incrimination known as?

• Right to a speedy trial

• Right to a jury trial

• Right to an attorney

• Right to remain silent

What is the main purpose of the grand jury mentioned in the Fifth Amendment?

• To conduct the trial

• To provide legal counsel to the accused

• To issue an indictment based on evidence

• To decide the guilt or innocence of the accused