BLEA UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Legislative - ✔✔House & Senate
(Makes Laws)
✔✔Judicial - ✔✔Supreme Court
Lower Courts
(Interprets Laws)
✔✔Executive - ✔✔President
Executive
Cabinet Departments
(Enforces Laws)
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Right to peaceably assemble
Right to petition the government to redress grievances
✔✔Second Amendment - ✔✔"A well regulated militia being necessary for the security of
a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
✔✔Third Amendment - ✔✔"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any
house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law."
✔✔Fourth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of people,
their houses, papers, and effects
Warrants will only be issued upon a showing of probable cause
Probable cause must be supported by an oath or an affirmation
The warrant must particularly describe:
- The places to be searched
- The persons or things to be seized
✔✔Fifth Amendment - ✔✔Charges must be filed by indictment
Establishes a prohibition on double jeopardy
Prohibits self-incrimination in criminal cases
No deprivation of life, liberty, or property without our right to appeal
No taking of private property without just (fair) compensation
✔✔Sixth Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy trial - 60/90 day rule
Right to an impartial jury
Right to trial in the proper venue
, Right to be informed of the nature of accusation
Right to confront witnesses
Right to subpoena witnesses on your behalf
Right to the assistance of counsel
✔✔Seventh Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a civil jury trial jury in accordance
with common law.
✔✔Eighth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibition of excessive bail
Prohibition of excessive fines
Prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔Ninth Amendment - ✔✔The enumeration of rights in the constitution shall not be
construed to deny other rights retained by the police.
✔✔Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Powers not delegated to the United States by the
constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or their people.
✔✔Fourteenth Amendment - ✔✔All persons born or naturalized in the United States,
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any
person within jurisdictions the equal protections of the law.
✔✔The Federal Courts are made up of - ✔✔U.S. District Court
1 Judge per cause
Has jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases
U.S. Court of Appeals
3 Justices per cause
Hear appeals cases exclusively
U.S. Supreme Court
9 Justices per cause
Final avenue of appeals
✔✔The State courts are made up of - ✔✔Municipal Courts
District Courts
Superior Courts
The State Court of Appeals
Washington State Supreme Court
✔✔Municipal Courts - ✔✔Court of municipal jurisdiction. One judge oversees criminal
(misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor) and civil cases within municipal boundaries.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Legislative - ✔✔House & Senate
(Makes Laws)
✔✔Judicial - ✔✔Supreme Court
Lower Courts
(Interprets Laws)
✔✔Executive - ✔✔President
Executive
Cabinet Departments
(Enforces Laws)
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Right to peaceably assemble
Right to petition the government to redress grievances
✔✔Second Amendment - ✔✔"A well regulated militia being necessary for the security of
a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
✔✔Third Amendment - ✔✔"No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any
house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law."
✔✔Fourth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures of people,
their houses, papers, and effects
Warrants will only be issued upon a showing of probable cause
Probable cause must be supported by an oath or an affirmation
The warrant must particularly describe:
- The places to be searched
- The persons or things to be seized
✔✔Fifth Amendment - ✔✔Charges must be filed by indictment
Establishes a prohibition on double jeopardy
Prohibits self-incrimination in criminal cases
No deprivation of life, liberty, or property without our right to appeal
No taking of private property without just (fair) compensation
✔✔Sixth Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy trial - 60/90 day rule
Right to an impartial jury
Right to trial in the proper venue
, Right to be informed of the nature of accusation
Right to confront witnesses
Right to subpoena witnesses on your behalf
Right to the assistance of counsel
✔✔Seventh Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a civil jury trial jury in accordance
with common law.
✔✔Eighth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibition of excessive bail
Prohibition of excessive fines
Prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔Ninth Amendment - ✔✔The enumeration of rights in the constitution shall not be
construed to deny other rights retained by the police.
✔✔Tenth Amendment - ✔✔Powers not delegated to the United States by the
constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or their people.
✔✔Fourteenth Amendment - ✔✔All persons born or naturalized in the United States,
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any
person within jurisdictions the equal protections of the law.
✔✔The Federal Courts are made up of - ✔✔U.S. District Court
1 Judge per cause
Has jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases
U.S. Court of Appeals
3 Justices per cause
Hear appeals cases exclusively
U.S. Supreme Court
9 Justices per cause
Final avenue of appeals
✔✔The State courts are made up of - ✔✔Municipal Courts
District Courts
Superior Courts
The State Court of Appeals
Washington State Supreme Court
✔✔Municipal Courts - ✔✔Court of municipal jurisdiction. One judge oversees criminal
(misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor) and civil cases within municipal boundaries.
