How does our constitution divide our powers

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Question 1. After reading the First Admendment, a)why were the framers of the constitution apprehensive of centralized power?

b) How does our constitution divide our powers, specifically into what 3 branches of government?

c) What are the powers of each branch?

Question 2. List the freedoms that are protected by the 1st amendment.

Question 3. List at least 2 categories that are excluded from 1st amendment protections?

Question 4. A writer prints false stories about the local mayor and accuses him of false accusations of corruption. The mayor decides to press charges on the writer for libel. The writer claims he has freedom to write whatever he wants in the paper because of the first amendment.

How would the Supreme Court rule on this case?

Would the Supreme Court side with the Mayor or the writer and why?

Question 5. What does the 4th amendment protect?

Question 6. What does probable cause mean in chapter 3?

Question 7. List the requirements for a valid arrest warrant in Chapter 3?

Question 8. An officer enters a home by lying to the homeowner by saying she has a search warrant. The owner of the home was never shown the warrant and the officer finds drug paraphernalia and a small baggie of cocaine. They arrest the owner of the home. In court, the owner of the home asks that the evidence not be admitted due to the false warrant.

What would the Supreme Court rule?

Which case provides precedent for this situation that falls under the 4th Amendment?

Question 9. A School Resource officer conducts a search of a locker after being directed by the Principal to do so because it smells like marijuana. The Officer finds marijuana in the locker and subsequently arrests the student. During trial, the student says the search is illegal and the evidence should be suppressed.
Based on the Supreme Court, did the School Resource Officer have a right to search the locker?

Which case provides precedent?

Question 10. Describe one reason why Floyd v. New York is such an important case for NYC?

Question 11. Can police officers stop a person and search them? What elements must be present in order for them to do so? Use Terry v. Ohio to support your answer

Question 12. Based on Search and Seizure , when and why can an officer search a vehicle?
b) Are they allowed to search the trunk?

Why or why not?

Question 13. Based on Laws Governing Police Surveillance,

what did Katz v. United states find?

Why was this case so important?

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