Constitutional Law MPTC – Questions And Correct
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Constitutional law ✔️Ans - Basic law of the land in the United
constitution
Statutory law ✔️Ans - Written and enacted by legislative branches of
state of federal goverment
Case law ✔️Ans - Courts decisions
Bill of rights ✔️Ans - First ten amendments - provides protections for
individual liberties and specific prohibitions on government power
1st admendment ✔️Ans - Establishes freedom of
religion,speech,press,assembly,petitions
Religion ✔️Ans - Right to worship a god or supreme being. the
government cannot require or enforce observations or compel citizens to
follow any particular religion
Speech ✔️Ans - Protected speech included spoken and written words the
act of not speaking and symbolic conduct
For example:the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the American flag burning is
protected " symbolic speech"
Fighting words ✔️Ans - Spoken or written words directed towards
another citizens that are intended and likely to incite immediate physical
retaliations
Threats ✔️Ans - Utterance intended to inimidate citizens provide no
social benefit
Incendiary speech ✔️Ans - Peaceful protest against the goverment are
protected unless the speaker advocates violence or encourages lawless
actions that is likely to occur
,2nd amendment ✔️Ans - Right to keep and bear arms
3rd amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits soldiers from being quartered in any
house
4th amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits unreasonableness searches or seizures
by the goverment
5th amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits citizens from being prosecuted for the
same offense two ( double jeopardy) and from being compelled to testify
against themselves
( self-incrimination)
6th amendment ✔️Ans - Requires all person charged with a crime to be
informed of charges against them.
People charge its with a crime have the right to counsel and speedy trial by
impartial jury.
People charged with a crime also have a right to compel witness to appear
and testify on their behalf
7th amendment ✔️Ans - Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases
8th amendment ✔️Ans - Protects people from excessive bail or fines and
prohibits fuel and unusual punishment
10th amendment ✔️Ans - Reserves power not grant d to the federal
government to the states or the poeple
9th amending ✔️Ans - Right retained by the people not specifically
identified in the constitution
14th amendment ✔️Ans - Provide the people of all states the right to
"due process" and " equal protection under the law"
Two types of due process ✔️Ans - Procedural and substantive due
process
, Procedural due process ✔️Ans - Guarantees that the government will not
take a person's life liberty or property interest without notice and
meaningful opportunity to be heard
Substantive due process ✔️Ans - Guarantees that the notice hearing and
result are fair
Massachusetts constitution ✔️Ans - Document that describes how state
governments is structured and articulates the rights of residents
Civil liability ✔️Ans - Is potential responsibility for payment of damage
or other court impose sanctions from lawsuits
Example of civil liability ✔️Ans - False arrest
Use of force
Mailicious prosecution
Failure to intervene to stop unlawful actions by fellow officer
Jurisdiction ✔️Ans - Specific geographical area or territory where police
officers constables or other authorized Massachusetts official can arrest or
serve processes provided they are in uniform or display badge of office
Extraterritorial stops ✔️Ans - Officers is in pursuit after witnessing an
arrestable offense in his or her jurisdiction
Mutual aid agreement ✔️Ans - All municipalities to enter an agreement
its one multiple municipalities throughout ma
Transferred authority ✔️Ans - Police ask another officer of another town
to help
Fresh and continued pursuit ✔️Ans - Applies when officers observes a
driver commit and officer that is arrestable and that officer need to be
initially committed in the officer presences its in his jurisdiction
Citizens arrst ✔️Ans - Any citizen right to arrest someone who has
committed a felony as long as they have probable cause
Police search and seizures action include ✔️Ans - Frisk
Answers
Constitutional law ✔️Ans - Basic law of the land in the United
constitution
Statutory law ✔️Ans - Written and enacted by legislative branches of
state of federal goverment
Case law ✔️Ans - Courts decisions
Bill of rights ✔️Ans - First ten amendments - provides protections for
individual liberties and specific prohibitions on government power
1st admendment ✔️Ans - Establishes freedom of
religion,speech,press,assembly,petitions
Religion ✔️Ans - Right to worship a god or supreme being. the
government cannot require or enforce observations or compel citizens to
follow any particular religion
Speech ✔️Ans - Protected speech included spoken and written words the
act of not speaking and symbolic conduct
For example:the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the American flag burning is
protected " symbolic speech"
Fighting words ✔️Ans - Spoken or written words directed towards
another citizens that are intended and likely to incite immediate physical
retaliations
Threats ✔️Ans - Utterance intended to inimidate citizens provide no
social benefit
Incendiary speech ✔️Ans - Peaceful protest against the goverment are
protected unless the speaker advocates violence or encourages lawless
actions that is likely to occur
,2nd amendment ✔️Ans - Right to keep and bear arms
3rd amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits soldiers from being quartered in any
house
4th amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits unreasonableness searches or seizures
by the goverment
5th amendment ✔️Ans - Prohibits citizens from being prosecuted for the
same offense two ( double jeopardy) and from being compelled to testify
against themselves
( self-incrimination)
6th amendment ✔️Ans - Requires all person charged with a crime to be
informed of charges against them.
People charge its with a crime have the right to counsel and speedy trial by
impartial jury.
People charged with a crime also have a right to compel witness to appear
and testify on their behalf
7th amendment ✔️Ans - Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases
8th amendment ✔️Ans - Protects people from excessive bail or fines and
prohibits fuel and unusual punishment
10th amendment ✔️Ans - Reserves power not grant d to the federal
government to the states or the poeple
9th amending ✔️Ans - Right retained by the people not specifically
identified in the constitution
14th amendment ✔️Ans - Provide the people of all states the right to
"due process" and " equal protection under the law"
Two types of due process ✔️Ans - Procedural and substantive due
process
, Procedural due process ✔️Ans - Guarantees that the government will not
take a person's life liberty or property interest without notice and
meaningful opportunity to be heard
Substantive due process ✔️Ans - Guarantees that the notice hearing and
result are fair
Massachusetts constitution ✔️Ans - Document that describes how state
governments is structured and articulates the rights of residents
Civil liability ✔️Ans - Is potential responsibility for payment of damage
or other court impose sanctions from lawsuits
Example of civil liability ✔️Ans - False arrest
Use of force
Mailicious prosecution
Failure to intervene to stop unlawful actions by fellow officer
Jurisdiction ✔️Ans - Specific geographical area or territory where police
officers constables or other authorized Massachusetts official can arrest or
serve processes provided they are in uniform or display badge of office
Extraterritorial stops ✔️Ans - Officers is in pursuit after witnessing an
arrestable offense in his or her jurisdiction
Mutual aid agreement ✔️Ans - All municipalities to enter an agreement
its one multiple municipalities throughout ma
Transferred authority ✔️Ans - Police ask another officer of another town
to help
Fresh and continued pursuit ✔️Ans - Applies when officers observes a
driver commit and officer that is arrestable and that officer need to be
initially committed in the officer presences its in his jurisdiction
Citizens arrst ✔️Ans - Any citizen right to arrest someone who has
committed a felony as long as they have probable cause
Police search and seizures action include ✔️Ans - Frisk
