Chapter 2: Constitutional Limits On Criminal Law

Damages to reputation in the form of spoken are known as...

Which of the following would violate the ban on ex post facto laws?

The primary considerations in analysis of laws under the void-for-vagueness doctrine are...

The ... Amendment requires that states provide equal protection of laws.

The ... Amendment requires the states provide due process of laws.

The First Amendment offers protection from government for ....

The First Amendment protects which of the following?

Even though this word doesn't appear anywhere in the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that there is such a fundamental right.

The idea that we cannot punish behavior unless there was already a law forbidding it is called ......

The ban on cruel and unusual punishment is found in the ..... Amendment.

The case of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) involved......

Barbaric punishment are those punishments which ........

Laws regulating the purchase ownership and possession of guns may run afoul of ......

The rule of law and principle of legality require that people be punished only .......

Which of the following methods of execution is not cruel and unusual punishment?

The .... Amendment provides for the right to associate and assemble with those of your choosing.

The ......... .... ......... case dealt with the state's ability to limit nude dancing.

Laws governing hate crimes, such as cross burnings, will always fun afoul of the First Amendment's free speech clause because they involve expressive conduct.

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The ban on ex post facto laws is designed to prevent excessively vague laws.

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The void-for-vagueness doctrine totally prohibits any vagueness or uncertainty in laws.

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Statues that criminalize innocent acts after they're committed violate the ban against ex post facto laws.

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Yelling "fire" in a crowded movie theater is an example of non-protected speech known as clear and present danger.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that states may not prohibit nude dancing.

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Fighting words are not protected by the First Amendment.

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According to the U.S. Supreme Court, beheading would not be considered cruel and unusual punishment.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has disallowed the use of the death penalty for the rape of an adult victim.

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The Sixth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

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Executing people who are mentally retarded has been held as a violation to the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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The Eighth Amendment principle of ..... requires that punishment fit the crime.

............ is offensive, sexually explicit material which is not protected by the First Amendment.

The doctrine which dictates that laws provide notice to the individuals as to what behavior constitutes a crime is the ...... .. ........ doctrine.

The void-for-vagueness doctrine addresses the evil of ..... and discriminatory practices in criminal justice administration.

The constitutional right to privacy is found within the ...... of the constitution.

There are two types of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment : ........... punishment and ........... punishment.

Words that are likely to provoke the average person to retaliation and cause a breach of the peace are known as ............. words.

Damages to reputation expressed in print, writing, pictures, or signs are known as ............ , whereas damages to reputation expressed in spoken words are known as ............