Law and Legal Process Final Study

What is meant by "probable cause"?

• A legal concept referring to the amount of proof a police officer must have to arrest someone

• The discretion an officer has to let off someone with a warning

• The written record of a judge's rationale for a court decision

• The suspicion that you've committed a crime based on an idea

What is "due process"

• The process by which lawyers must represent their clients

• How to go about when something is due

• A set of instructions informing agents of the state how they must proceed in their

  investigation, arrest, questioning, prosecution, and punishment of individuals who are suspected of committing crimes

• a principle binding the state to follow certain procedures designed

  to protect individual rights before it may deprive individuals of life, liberty, or property.

What was the importance of Marbury v. Madison?

• Applied selective incorporation to the Second Amendment

• Established Judicial review

• Gave preference to the federal government on issues of national security

• Established the "One Person, One Vote" doctrine

What amendment was connected to Gideon v. Wainwright

• 9th

• 6th

• 4th

• 1st

What does Penumbras mean?

• explicit rights

• shadow

• a zone of privacy

• implied rights

which of these are from the 5 common elements of law?

• mens rea

• habius corpus

• actus reus

• causation

Which of these are from the 5 common elements of criminal offenses?

• intent

• concurrance

• due process

• harm

What is "trickle down economics"

• cutting taxes for the rich so more jobs can be created

• Ronald Reagan's pipe dream

• cutting taxes for the poor to ease burden of "needs"

• higher taxes on the wealthy to support more public services

what were the 2 feminist movements?

• Equal Rights for Women

• Women's right to leave their husband

• Women's right to vote

• Women's right to bodily autonomy

What is middle out economics

• Heaviest taxes on the Middle Class

• Emphasis on the Middle class as the "job creators"

• When someone is widest at their midsection

• Emphasis on the middle class as consumers