NC BLET Arrest, Search and Seizure Latest 2023 Graded A+
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NC BLET Arrest, Search and Seizure Latest 2023 Graded A+ Three Sources of Law Constitutional Law Statutory Law Common Law
Constitutional Law The supreme law of the land. All other laws must comply with the basic constitutional provisions.
Statutory Law Declares, commands, or Prohibits something. ...
NC BLET Arrest, Search and Seizure Latest 2023 Graded A+ Three Sources of Law ✔✔Constitutional Law Statutory Law Common Law Constitut ional Law ✔✔The supreme law of the land. All other laws must comply with the basic constitutional provisions. Statutory Law ✔✔Declares, commands, or Prohibits something. The written will of the politically elected legislature . Common Law ✔✔Judge Made Law Tradition based "Case Law" Types of Law ✔✔Substantive Law Procedural Law United States Constitution ✔✔Divided into Seven Major Articles. US Constitution Article VI/Supremacy Clause ✔✔The Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States are the sup reme law of the land. Judges of every state are bound by the US Constitution regardless of contrary state law. This article also requires all legislative, executive, and judicial officers of both the states and the United States to take an oath to support the Constitution. The Four Procedural Safeguards ✔✔Habeas Corpus Jury Bills of Attainder Ex Post Facto Laws Bill of Rights ✔✔First Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Due Process Clause ✔✔(Historical) Applied most of the safeguards in the bill of rights to the States. First Amendment ✔✔Freedom of Religion -Government may not require or enforce religious observations. Free exercise but criminal acts may be excluded(examp le- use of Peyote during religious ceremony) Freedom of Speech -Freedom of expression(Time place manner), -Symbolic Speech(Burning the American Flag) Freedom of the Press - Protects the right to gather and receive information Freedom of Assembly and Petition - Citizens may PEACEABLY assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. Restrictions on Free Speech ✔✔Panic exciting speech (Shouting FIRE in a movie theater) Types of Speech with No First Amendment Protection ✔✔Obscenity Fighting word s Threats Incendiary Speech The Second Amendment ✔✔States that Congress shall not infringe on the right of the people to bear arms. Third Amendment ✔✔(Historical) Prevents the quartering of troops in private residences. Fourth Amendment ✔✔Prohibits unre asonable searches and seizures by the government. Exclusionary Rule ✔✔Any evidence obtained by the government through an illegal (unreasonable) search and seizure is inadmissible in court. Fifth Amendment ✔✔Protects from - Double Jeopardy Self-Incrimination(Persons may waive this right after they are notified of their rights((Miranda)). Due Process -Applies to the federal government only in this amendment. Sixth Amendment ✔✔Gives an accused certain fundamental rights in criminal prosecution s. Grants the rights to a speedy and public trial, right to an impartial jury, right to face ones accusers, right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation and right to legal process to compel the appearance of witnesses. GRANTS THE ACCUSED RIGHT TO COUNSEL Sixth Amendment grants the right to___________? ✔✔Counsel
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