| A | B |
|---|
| due process | gov't can't deprive a person of life, liberty or property |
| substantive due process | deals with WHAT (substance/ policies) of gov't action |
| procedural due process | deals with the HOW (methods of gov't action) |
| police power | authority of each state to act / protect the public |
| search warrant | court order authorizing a search |
| involuntary servitude | forced labor |
| discrimination | bias or unfairness |
| writs of assistance | blanket search warrant |
| probable cause | reasonable suspicion of a crime |
| exclusionary rule | evidence gained by illegal act cannot be used at trial |
| writ of habeas corpus | writ of liberty: prevent unjust arrest/ imprisonment |
| bill of attainder | legislative act inflicts punishment without trial |
| ex post facto law | 3 features of a law passed after the fact |
| grand jury | formal device by which a person can be accused of a crime |
| indictment | formal complaint that prosecutor lays before a grand jury |
| double jeopardy | once a person is tried for a crime cannot be tried for same crime again |
| bench trial | judge alone hears a case |
| Miranda Rule | before police question a person they must be read rights |
| bail | sum of money the accused may be required to post as a guarantee they will appear in court |
| capital punishment | punishment by death |
| treason | the only crime defined in the Constitution |
