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This comprehensive study guide covers key concepts from Chapter 8 on police powers and constitutional law, including searches and seizures, the exclusionary rule, Miranda warnings, warrant requirements, exceptions like plain view and exigent circumstances, and landmark Supreme Court cases (e.g., Terry v. Ohio, Mapp v. Ohio, Miranda v. Arizona). Ideal for criminal justice students preparing for exams on police procedure, constitutional constraints, and civil liberties.
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President - Answer >>>Must be 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and resident of the U.S. for 14 years public education - Answer >>>It is the job of the state government to provide this... naturalization - Answer >>>to complete the legal process for citizenship
veto - Answer >>>The President's check on Congress to reject bills they have passed Legislative - Answer >>>Main role is to pass the laws Electoral College - Answer >>>Selects the President principles of the Constitution - Answer >>>popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks & balances, federalism, republicanism, and individual rights are known as...
Commander in Chief - Answer >>>Military power of the President limited government - Answer >>>The government only has the powers that the Constitution gives to it Executive - Answer >>>Main job is to carry out the laws checks and balances - Answer >>>created in order to protect against an abuse of power by one branch of government
House of Representatives - Answer >>>In this house of Congress, representatives are determined by the population of the state with a term of two years Bill of Rights - Answer >>>the first ten amendments to the Constitution Rights of the Accused - Answer >>>Category of amendments in the Bill of Rights including the right to a speedy trial, right not to incriminate oneself, no cruel and unusual punishments local government - Answer >>>services such as libraries, fire departments, and police departments are often provided by this
impeach - Answer >>>Congress has this check on the President to bring serious charges against him life - Answer >>>length of a Supreme Court justice's term declare war - Answer >>>Congress has this power, even though the President is the Commander in Chief Supreme Court - Answer >>>Serves a term for life Duties and Responsibilities of Citizens - Answer >>>Voting, Being informed, Obeying Laws, Serving on a Jury
Protection of Individual Rights - Answer >>>Category of amendments in the Bill of Rights including freedom of speech, religion, peaceful assembly, etc. Powers of the President - Answer >>>Directing foreign policy, appointing Supreme Court justices and ambassadors, bill - Answer >>>draft of a proposed law Powers of Legistlative Branch - Answer >>>Make laws, declare war, impeach, make money
concurrent powers - Answer >>>powers shared by the national and state governments enumerated powers - Answer >>>Powers given to the national government alone Fourth Amendment - Answer >>>1)Many police actions fall under "" because they involve searches, seizures, and warrants
2)The officer must depend on information and training provided at the police academy and subsequent updates from city and state attorneys who monitor court decisions. 3)responsibility rests with those who train and supervise law enforcement officers 4)police officers' compliance with the law depends on their own knowledge and decisions as well as the supervision and training provided by their departments.
3)The Supreme Court defines searches as actions by law enforcement officials that intrude on people's reasonable expectations of privacy 4)A government intrusion into an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy. reasonable expectations of privacy - Answer >>>1)Standard developed for determining whether a government intrusion of a person or property constitutes a search because it interferes with individual interests that are normally protected from government intrusion.
2)a brief interference with a person's freedom of movement with a duration that can be measured in minutes, albeit a total of minutes that might add up to a half hour or more under some circumstances
2)A police officer's belief, based on articulable facts, that criminal activity is taking place, so that intruding on an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy is necessary. 3)cannot legally make stops based solely on hunches. 4)stops without reasonable suspicion-- these stops can occur in locations where preventing illegal activities is especially important, such as border-crossing points where smuggling and drug trafficking often occur
