2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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>> It is critical to be ________ and react to the threat of violence and not the
actual violence itself.
Answer: proactive
>> Legislative Branch
Answer: Who enacts the laws?
>> Executive Branch
Answer: who implements the laws
>> Judicial Branch
Answer: Interprets the laws
>> 1st Amendment
Answer: Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
>> 4th Amendment
Answer: Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
>> 5th Amendment
Answer: The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process
>> 5th Amendment
Dual sovereignty
,Self incrimination
Grand jury &
Due process
Answer: Double jeopardy
>> 6th Amendment
Right to confront witnesses
Compulsory process to obtain witnesses f
Assistance of counsel
Informed of the nature and cause of the charges
Answer: Speedy trial
>> 8th Amendment
No cruel & unusual punishment.
Answer: No excessive bail or fines
>> How does the U.S. Constitution apply to law enforcement behavior?
Answer: When law enforcement agencies abide by the Constitution,
members of the public are more likely to view police actions as legitimate.
The community will know they can trust police officers to act in ways that
are respectful, appropriate, and just.
>> Identify the components of the criminal justice system that originate in the
U.S. Constitution.
Answer: Grand Jury, initial appearance, venue, and the right to trial by
jury
>> Identify when speech, or expression, is protected under the First Amendments
to the U.S. Constitution.
Answer: Protects the people from unreasonable government restrictions on
expressing their thoughts and ideas. Expression under the First Amendment
is communication of an idea in almost any form.
, >> How can people express themselves as defined through first amendment?
Answer: speech, the written word, gestures, or symbolic acts.
>> What are the exceptions to freedom of speech?
Answer: (1) obscenity, (2) fraudulent misrepresentation, (3) defamation, (4)
advocacy of imminent lawless behavior, and (5) fighting words.
>> What are fighting words?
Answer: They are personally abusive epithets which, when addressed to the
ordinary citizen, are reasonably likely to provoke a violent reaction. More
than profanity, they are an invitation to fight.
>> What is 'advocating imminent lawless action'?
Answer: First, the advocacy must be directed to inciting or producing
imminent lawless action. Consequently, advocating lawlessness at some
future time is protected. Secondly, the advocacy must be likely to incite or
produce lawlessness, so even if the speaker advocates immediate lawlessness,
the audience must be receptive to the idea.
>> Define creating clear and present danger?
Answer: Imagine a passenger on an airplane joking with a flight attendant
and saying, "I've got a bomb." Attempts like those that place the public in
fear of pending peril
>> Define 'true threats'
Answer: concerning an attempt to kill, injure, or intimidate any individual
or to unlawfully damage or destroy any building
>> Identify where (the forum) that the people have the most protection exercising
their first amendment rights and how the government can control expression in
that area.