front 1 Procedural Due Process | back 1 A judicial standard requiring that fairness be applied to all individuals equally. |
front 2 4th Amendment | back 2 Protect you, your home, and your belongings from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. |
front 3 Warrent | back 3 A document issued by a judge authorizing a search. |
front 4 Probable Cause | back 4 Reasonable belief that a crime has been committed or that there is evidence of criminal activity. |
front 5 Exclusionary Rule | back 5 A rule that evidence obtained without a warrant is inadmissible in court. |
front 6 Mapp v. Ohio | back 6 The supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained through illegal searches and seizures cannot be used in state courts. |
front 7 5th Amendment | back 7 protects citizens from government abuse in legal cases, ensuring the right to remain silent, forbidding double jeopardy, and guaranteeing due process of law. |
front 8 Grand Jury | back 8 A group of citizens who, based on the evidence presented to them, decided whether or not a person should be indicated on criminal charges and subsequently tried in court. |
front 9 Double Jeopardy | back 9 Protects an individual acquitted of a crime from being charged with the same crime again in the same jurisdiction. |
front 10 Self-Incrimination | back 10 When a person is forced to say or admit something that could make them appear guilty of crime. |
front 11 Miranda v. Arizona | back 11 The Supreme Court ruled that police must inform suspects of their rights before interrogation, or the statements cannot be used in court. |
front 12 6th Amendment | back 12 Guarantee rights for people accused of crimes, ensuring they receive a fair and fast trial, and to have a lawyer in criminal cases. |
front 13 Gideon v. Wainwright | back 13 The Supreme Court Ruled that states must provide a lawyer to defendants who cannot afford one in felony criminal cases, under the 6th amendment. |
front 14 8th Amendment | back 14 Protects people from unfair treatment by the government before and after a criminal conviction |
front 15 Bail | back 15 An amount of money posted as a security to allow the charged individual to be freed while awaiting trial. |
front 16 Right to Privacy | back 16 Protection against government interferes into personal, private, and family life. |
front 17 Griswold v. Connecticut | back 17 The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot interfere with married couples' private decisions. |
front 18 Lawrence v. Texas | back 18 The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot criminalize private shared relationships between adults, protecting their right to privacy and liberty |
front 19 Roe v. Wade | back 19 The supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to choose to have an abortion, based on the right to privacy. |
front 20 9th Amendment | back 20 Rights not specifically listed in the Constitution that are still kept by the people. |