Across
- 2. Legal document issued by a judge allowing law enforcement to search a specific location or person
- 5. Gradual process by which the SCOTUS has applied Bill of Rights to states on a case-by-case basis
- 9. Punishments considered excessively harsh or inhumane
- 12. Giving testimony or evidence that could be used against oneself.
- 13. Freedom of journalists to publish news and opinions without government censorship
- 14. One of the freedoms in the first amendment, concerns talking.
- 15. The right to a prompt trial.
- 17. Trial by a group of impartial citizens.
- 18. Process in which law enforcement officers search for and take evidence related to criminal activity
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- 1. Right to have an attorney represent you in court]
- 3. Fair treatment through the judicial system, the right to a fair trial and legal representation.
- 4. governments power to take private property for public use with fair compensation
- 6. Principle most of the protections in the Bill of Rights apply to state governments as well as the federal government
- 7. Being tried twice for the same crime, prohibited by the fifth amendment
- 8. Powers not specifically granted to fed government by the Constitution reserved for the states or people
- 10. Changes or additions to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10.
- 11. Fundamental rights and freedoms protecting individuals from government interference
- 16. Reasonable belief that a crime has been committed