The English Court of Common Pleas in Entick v. Carrington (1765) ruled that general warrants were illegal for each of the following reasons, EXCEPT

A. They were not authorized by an act of Parliament
B. They violated the Fourth Amendment
C. Their issuance in the past did not make them legal in the present
D. Governmental necessity is not a valid legal argument


ANSWER: B

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a. police reorganization b. riotous activity c. crime increase d. economic growth

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a. inherent radicalization
b. differential motivations
c. functional separation
d. structural alienation

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