Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
What Applicants Must Know To Pass
And Become NaturdIized
Citizens
EDITED BY FEDERAL JUDGE CHAS. F. CLEMONS

was committed; and the witnesses
! against him must come forward and
| testify I'm court He cannot be com
| PEELED to give testimony against him
self. He can have witnesses appeal
and testify in his defense; and he can
have an attorney for his defense. He
/ cannot be tried twice for the same
offense. He cannot be imprisoned OF
put to death except according to law
Excessive bail may not be required
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
and unusual punishments inflicted.
All the foregoing provisions Of the
Constitution apply to the United
States government, its Congress, exc
| cutives and courts But in the States
similar provisions OF Constitution OF
statute are in force.
Neither Congress nor any State leg
islature may pass bills Of attainder
1. e., legislative acts inflicting punish
ment without judicial trial, or which
declare person attainted or incapable
of inheriting property or of transmit
| ting property to heirs. Neither Con
gress nor the legislature of any State
may pass ex post facto laws, |. e., laws
making an act Tor omission) unlawful
which was not unlawful when done
| Tor omitted, or laws making the pun
ishment for past act Tor omission)
greater than the law provided at the
| time OF the act Tor omission). In 9th.
| er words, the people are entitled to
govern their conduct of the day by
the law as it is then written in the
statute books.
II. How is a person protected
against cruel and unusual punish
ments, excessive fines, bills Of attaind.
er, ex post facts laws, denial Of bail,
want Of q speedy trial or Of due pro.
cess Of law, or denial of jury trial OF
of indictment by grand jury?
By the writ of habeas corpus, In all
cases, though in some cases protec-
ton might be had simply by motion
to the court. The writ of habeas cor
pus commands the sheriff or person
having custody of another to bring
into court the person held in custody
SO that the court may Inquire whether
he is unlawfully deprived of his lib
erty.
II. How does the Constitution pro-
tect man in his home?
1t provides that the people shall be
secure in their persons, houses, pa
pers, and effects against unreasonable
searches and seizures. No officer OF
the federal government may search a
house or seize any papers, goods or
persons without search warrant, and
no such warrant may be issued ex.
cept upon affidavit showing probable
cause that crime has been commit
ted and any warrant so isSHed must
describe the place to be searched and
the person or things to be seized. The
States have similar provisions of law.
IS. How is 4 man protected IN HE
property, aside from the guaranty
against unreasonable searches and
seizures?
No ones property can be taken
away by the federal government with
out due process of law and without his
being paid fair price therefor. Sim.
liar provisions are common in State
constitutions. He is entitled to trial
by Jury to determine such fair price.
Ia. What provisions are made by
the Constitution as to religions and
religious freedom?
Congress may not establish any
state or official religion, or interfere
with the free exercise of the religious
beliefs of the people or any part OF
the people. But, of course, this does
not mean that man is free to indulge
in religious practices which are con-
trary to law or to generally accepted
ideas of morality, decency and good
order.
is. What provisions are made as
to freedom Of speech and the press ?
Congress cannot interfere with free
dom of speech or the press (press re-
ferring to published words and COM
munications), or with the right of the
people peaceably to meet together
and to petition the government to rem
edy their grievances.
16. How is freedom secured from
class distinctions such as prevail In
Europe, for instance?
No title of nobility may be granted
| by the United States.
II. What provision is made ass to
the effect that public acts, records and
Judicial proceedings Of each Of the
different States shall have in other
States?
Full faith and credit must be Civ;
en- them
Is. How many States are there in
the American union Of States?
Forty-eight When the United
United States government was form,
ed there were only IS States in the
union, being the Is original colonies
bordering on the Atlantic ocean Later
from time to time the adjoining ter
ritory was obtained by purchase Gas
Louisiana), occupation tas Oregon,
which occupation was later recognized
by Great Britain by treaty., or con
quest las New Mexico in the Mexican
war;. Alaska was purchased from
Russia; the Philippines. Guam and
Porto Rico were won from Spain in
the war of 1898; and Hawaii was an
nexed by treaty.
10. How are States admitted?
BY vote of Congress. but no State
may be divided into States, nor any
two or more states united into one
State without consent of both Cong.
ress and the legislature of the State
or States involved