SCCJA cumulative police test (BLOCK 1) with complete solutions
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SCCJA
Institution
SCCJA
constitution
The fundamental and organic law of a country or state that establishes the institutions and apparatus of government, defines the scope of government, defines the scope of governmental sovereign powers, and guarantees individual civil rights and civil liberties; a set of basic laws and...
SCCJA cumulative police test
(BLOCK 1) with complete
solutions
constitution - answer The fundamental and organic law of a country
or state that establishes the institutions and apparatus of
government, defines the scope of government, defines the scope of
governmental sovereign powers, and guarantees individual civil
rights and civil liberties; a set of basic laws and principles that a
country, state, or organization is governed by.
1776 - answer colonists declare their independence from england
1787 - answer delegates met at the Constitutional Convention to
begin work on the Constitution
1788 - answer Constitution was ratified and Bill of Rights was
proposed
1791 - answer Bill of Rights was ratified
Federalists - answer favored a strong central government
Anti-federalists - answer a decentralized government with power
resting in the states
Bill of Rights - answer 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution
,U.S. Constitution - answer ultimate source of law in the United
States
Article VI - answer "Supremacy clause" : constitution shall be the
supreme Law of the Land
3 parts of the Constitution - answer Preamble, Articles,
Amendments
Preamble - answer first part of constitution; outlines the purpose
and goals of the constitution: "We the people...in order to have a
more perfect union
Articles - answer 2nd part of constitution; spells out the form,
department and powers of government
Amendments - answer Added by the powers in Article V which
allows congress or the States to modify the constitution
Article I - answer the legislative power; defines how its members are
elected and what powers they have.
10 - answer How many sections does article 1 have?
Article II - answer defines the executive power of government and
explains how the President is to be elected
4 - answer How many sections does Article II have?
Article III - answer vests the judicial power of the US in "one
supreme court and such inferior courts as congress may from time
to time establish"
, 3 - answer How many sections does Article III have
Article IV - answer deals with relationship of states with other
states and governments responsibility to the states
Article V - answer sets out the process for congress or states to
modify or amend the contents of the Constitution
Article VI - answer establishes the law of the U.S. as "supreme law
of the land". requires that officials be bound be oath; forbids any
"religious test" as a qualification for office
Article VII - answer required the ratification of nine of the 13 states
for the "Establishment of this Constitution"
Bill of Rights - answer Operates as a restriction on federal
Government
1st Amendment - answer -no law establishing a religion
-free exercise clause
-freedom of speech
-freedom of press
-peaceably assemble/protest government
4th Amendment - answer protection against unreasonable search
and seizures. Must have probably cause to search.
5th Amendment - answer -capital/infamous crimes
- requires indictment of a Grand Jury
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