Constitutional Questions: The 5th Amendment

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Can the government take your children away from you?
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If a prosecutor fails to get an indictment from a grand jury, can he ask a second time?
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What does it mean to be put in jeopardy of your “limb”? Were the colonies chopping off people’s hands?
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If a prosecutor grants you immunity from prosecution, do you have to testify?
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Can the government let a private railroad company run its tracks through your back yard?
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The Double Jeopardy Clause of the 5th Amendment is intended to prevent:
- The possibility that a defendant is tried for the same criminal offense more than once.
- The possibility that a defendant in a criminal trial is retried for the same offense in a civil trial.
- The possibility that a defendant in a criminal trial is compelled to testify more than once.
- The possibility that multiple punishments are meted out for the same offense.
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According to the Takings Clause found in the 5th Amendment:
- Government may not take private property for public use without the owner's consent.
- Government may not take private property for public use without just compensation.
- Government may not take private property for public use without the owner's consent AND just compensation.
- Government may not take private property unless it is demonstrated that the property, once taken, will benefit the public equally.
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The “exclusionary rule”:
- Allows private organizations to exclude certain persons from membership.
- Prohibits the use of evidence that was improperly obtained.
- Allows property owners to prevent others from trespassing on their land.
- Allows both houses of Congress to refuse to seat newly elected members who do not meet certain qualifications.
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What are two kinds of due process that the 5th Amendment has been interpreted to guarantee? (PICK TWO)
- Quantitative Due Process
- Literal Due Process
- Procedural Due Process
- Figurative Due Process
- Conjectural Due Process
- Substantive Due Process
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What is a grand jury?
- A jury of typically 23 citizens that sits for particularly complex or high-profile cases.
- A jury of typically 12 citizens that hears evidence in a federal trial and determines whether to indict an alleged criminal.
- A jury of typically 23 citizens that hears evidence in a federal trial and determines whether to indict an alleged criminal.
- A jury of typically 12 citizens that hears federal cases involving citizens of two or more different states.
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The 5th Amendment offers witnesses and defendants the right to:
- Choose which questions to answer or not at a trial for any reason.
- Refuse to testify on the grounds that they may incriminate themselves.
- Refuse to participate in a trial on the grounds that they may incriminate themselves.
- To withhold certain pieces of information while answering questions at trial on the grounds that they may incriminate themselves.
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