3.3. Sources of Criminal Law: Federal and State Constitutions

Which of the following is one of the only three crimes explicitly recognized in the body of the United States Constitution?

What is an ex post facto law, as prohibited by the U.S. Constitution?

What does the concept of a 'bill of attainder' refer to?

The process of making provisions of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment is known as what?

According to the text, which Supreme Court case was pivotal in establishing the authority of judicial review?

Which part of the Constitution is the primary tool for making the Bill of Rights applicable to the states?

In the case of Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court found a right to privacy located where in the Constitution?

What is the relationship between federal and state constitutions regarding individual rights?

Which of the following types of speech is considered 'non-protected' and may be limited by law, according to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the First Amendment?

According to Reichel's three-step process for achieving the rule of law, what is the final step?

The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause requires that laws treating people differently must be, at a minimum, what?

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Texas v. Johnson (1989)?

The Eighth Amendment prohibits punishments that are considered 'cruel and unusual'. The text describes this as meaning punishments cannot be barbaric or what?

Which clause of the First Amendment prevents Congress from creating a national religion?

The Supreme Court case of McDonald v. Chicago (2010) is significant for what reason related to the Second Amendment?

The Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination gives defendants the right to remain silent during what kind of interrogation?

What does the 'void for vagueness' doctrine, derived from the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, prohibit?

Which of the following is NOT a right guaranteed to a criminal defendant by the Sixth Amendment?

What level of judicial scrutiny is applied to laws that treat people differently based on race or ethnicity?

According to the Supreme Court in Stack v. Boyle, when is bail considered 'excessive' under the Eighth Amendment?

The debate over whether the Bill of Rights should be incorporated to the states all at once or piece-by-piece was a conflict between which two theories?

Which Supreme Court case from 2019, mentioned in the text, incorporated the Eighth Amendment's guarantee against excessive fines to the states?

What is the primary role of Congress in creating criminal law, as distinct from the states?

Which clause of the Fifth Amendment is one of only two clauses from the Bill of Rights that has not been incorporated to the states?

The case of Roe v. Wade is cited as an example of the court finding a constitutional right to privacy in what context?