state of nature Correct Answer: symbol of anarchy, the condition before the rule of positive law comes into being
4th amendment Correct Answer: Protection from unreasonable search and seizure. Jacobsen v. Seattle, U
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state of nature Correct Answer: symbol of anarchy, the condition before the rule of positive law comes into being
4th amendment Correct Answer: Protection from unreasonable search and seizure. Jacobsen v. Seattle, US v. skip worth
Jacobsen v. Seattle (1983) Correct Answer: decided that there were exceptions to the search warrant requirement that 'provided for those cases where societal costs of obtaining a warrant could pose danger toward a law enforcement official or risk the destruction of evidence. these exceptions are:
1) consensual searches
2) stop and frisk searches
3) Border searches
4) Hot pursuit
5) Airport and courthouse searches
United states v. skipworth Correct Answer: questioned whether pre boarding searches at airports violated the 4th amendment after defendant who was searched without a warrant was found with cocaine.
Judgement to US- people boarding aircraft are subject to search based upon mere or unsupported suspicion
Three-part test Correct Answer: 1) public necessity: will not searching cause harm to the public?
2) efficacy of the search: will the search be effective in averting potential harm?
3) degree of intrusion: How far are the searchers infringing on the privacy of the searchee?
Natural law Correct Answer: life, liberty, and property rights
Positive law Correct Answer: those laws necessary to regulate an ordered society
Hierarchy of government Correct Answer: federal, state, county, city
9th amendment Correct Answer: protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the bill of rights
federalism Correct Answer: political arrangement in which two more levels of government provide a variety of services to a given number of citizens in a specified area, and how the power to enforce governmental decisions is shared among feral, state and local governments.
Supremacy clause Correct Answer: Directly related to federalism, establishes a ranking of the relative power of one level of government over the lower levels of government. Federal law trumps state and local law
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