SCCJA Unit 1 latest 2023-2024 /Verified Questions
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Quiz :1776 - √Answer :Declaration of Independence
Quiz :1787 - √Answer :Drafting of the Constitution
Quiz :1788 - √Answer :Ratification with Bill of Rights added
Quiz :1791 - √Answer :Ratification of Bill of Rights
Quiz :Separation of Powers - √Answer :System of checks and balances that
ensure no branch of the government becomes too strong, accomplished by
forcing all the branches to interact and rely on each other.
Quiz :Legislative Branch - √Answer :Makes laws, Article I
Quiz :Executive Branch - √Answer :Enforces laws, Article II
Quiz :Judicial Branch - √Answer :Interprets laws, Article III
, Quiz :1st Amendment - √Answer :Freedom of: Religion, speech, press,
peaceful assembly/protest
Quiz :4th Amendment - √Answer :Implies that right to privacy is inherent.
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. Requires probable cause,
particular descriptions, and an oath for the issuance of a warrant.
Quiz :5th Amendment - √Answer :Requires a grand jury for capital or
infamous crimes. Freedom from double jeopardy and self-incrimination.
Ensures due process.
Quiz :6th Amendment - √Answer :Ensures: Speedy and public trial, impartial
jury in proper venue, knowledge of charges, confrontation of witnesses, ability
to obtain favorable witnesses, assistance of defense attorney.
Quiz :14th Amendment - √Answer :Made the BoR applicable to the states.
Before the 14th, Supreme Court decisions only applied to Federal agents,
afterwards all Supreme Court decisions applied to both Federal and state LE.
Brought uniformity to application of due process.
Quiz :US Supreme Court - √Answer :Article III of Constitution. Court of last
resort. Judicial Review. President nominates all justices, including position of
Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9
justices. Receive and dispose approx. 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to
about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late
June or early July.
Quiz :Due process - √Answer :No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or
capricious and the means selected to enforce that law shall have a reasonable
and substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law
or process. FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
Quiz :Civil Liability - √Answer :Responsibility that an officer must bear for
damages or injuries that the officer has caused another person to suffer
Quiz :Tort - √Answer :A civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which
the court will provide a remedy in the form of an action for damages
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Quiz :1776 - √Answer :Declaration of Independence
Quiz :1787 - √Answer :Drafting of the Constitution
Quiz :1788 - √Answer :Ratification with Bill of Rights added
Quiz :1791 - √Answer :Ratification of Bill of Rights
Quiz :Separation of Powers - √Answer :System of checks and balances that
ensure no branch of the government becomes too strong, accomplished by
forcing all the branches to interact and rely on each other.
Quiz :Legislative Branch - √Answer :Makes laws, Article I
Quiz :Executive Branch - √Answer :Enforces laws, Article II
Quiz :Judicial Branch - √Answer :Interprets laws, Article III
, Quiz :1st Amendment - √Answer :Freedom of: Religion, speech, press,
peaceful assembly/protest
Quiz :4th Amendment - √Answer :Implies that right to privacy is inherent.
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. Requires probable cause,
particular descriptions, and an oath for the issuance of a warrant.
Quiz :5th Amendment - √Answer :Requires a grand jury for capital or
infamous crimes. Freedom from double jeopardy and self-incrimination.
Ensures due process.
Quiz :6th Amendment - √Answer :Ensures: Speedy and public trial, impartial
jury in proper venue, knowledge of charges, confrontation of witnesses, ability
to obtain favorable witnesses, assistance of defense attorney.
Quiz :14th Amendment - √Answer :Made the BoR applicable to the states.
Before the 14th, Supreme Court decisions only applied to Federal agents,
afterwards all Supreme Court decisions applied to both Federal and state LE.
Brought uniformity to application of due process.
Quiz :US Supreme Court - √Answer :Article III of Constitution. Court of last
resort. Judicial Review. President nominates all justices, including position of
Chief Justice, and they must be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9
justices. Receive and dispose approx. 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to
about 150 cases. Term begins the first Monday of October and ends in late
June or early July.
Quiz :Due process - √Answer :No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or
capricious and the means selected to enforce that law shall have a reasonable
and substantial relation to the object being sought to be achieved by that law
or process. FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS
Quiz :Civil Liability - √Answer :Responsibility that an officer must bear for
damages or injuries that the officer has caused another person to suffer
Quiz :Tort - √Answer :A civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, for which
the court will provide a remedy in the form of an action for damages
