Fifth Amendment

What are the five parts into which the Fifth Amendment is broken down?

• Grand jury, double jeopardy, right to remain silent, due process clause, eminent domain

• Grand jury, public trials, right to privacy, due process clause, eminent domain

• Grand jury, double jeopardy, right to remain silent, due process clause, public domain

• Grand jury, double jeopardy, right to an attorney, due process clause, public domain

What is NOT a part of the Fifth Amendment?

• Protection against double jeopardy

• Right to remain silent

• Due process clause

• Right to a public trial

What is the primary purpose of a grand jury?

• To decide on the sentencing of a convicted individual

• To protect against overzealous prosecutors by reviewing evidence before indictment

• To determine the final verdict of a case

• To provide legal counsel to defendants

What does double jeopardy prevent?

• Being tried for the same crime after being acquitted

• The use of illegal evidence in court

• A prosecutor from appealing a case

• A defendant from testifying in their own defense

What exception exists to the double jeopardy clause?

• If the defendant requests a retrial

• In cases of prosecutorial misconduct leading to a mistrial

• If new evidence is found

• If the crime was committed in a different state

What does the Blockburger rule relate to?

• The procedure for appealing a conviction

• Trying a person for multiple crimes in one trial if the crimes are connected

• The process of selecting jurors

• The right to an attorney

What landmark case established the requirement for Miranda warnings?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

What does the due process clause guarantee?

• Protection against self-incrimination

• Right to remain silent

• Procedures are followed when someone is arrested

• Right to a speedy trial

What is eminent domain?

• The right to privacy in one's home

• The process of electing government officials

• The government's power to take private property for public use with compensation

• A law that protects endangered species

How has the Supreme Court expanded the use of eminent domain?

• By allowing land to be taken for commercial development if it benefits the public

• By restricting it to only public projects like highways and parks

• By limiting its use to cases of national security

• By requiring higher compensation for taken land