Pre-AP Chapter 20
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| the government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does | ||
| the government must create fair policies and laws | ||
| the government must employ fair procedures and methods | ||
| the authority of each State to act to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its people | ||
| a court order authorizing a search | ||
| forced labor | ||
| bias, unfairness | ||
| blanket search warrant with which British custom officials had invaded private homes to search for smuggled goods | ||
| reasonable grounds, a reasonable suspicion of crime | ||
| evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person from whom it was seized | ||
| a court order which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments | ||
| a legislative act that inflicts punishment without a court trial | ||
| a law applied to an act committed before its passage | ||
| the formal device by which a person can be accused of a serious crime | ||
| a formal complaint before a grand jury which charges the accused with one or more crimes | ||
| part of the 5th Amendment which says that no person can be put in jeopardy of life or limb twice. Once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for that same crime | ||
| a trial in which the judge alone hears the case | ||
| the constitutional rights which police must read to a suspect before questioning can occur | ||
| a sum of money that the accused may be required to post as a guarantee that he or she will appear in court at the proper time | ||
| a law which allows federal judges to order that an accused felon be held, without bail, when there is good reason to believe that he or she will commit yet another serious crime before trial | ||
| the death penalty | ||
| betrayal of one's country; in the Constitution, by levying war against the United States or offering comfort or aid to its enemies |