CONSTITUTION
This amendment provides you with both the right to peacefully assemble and petition the government.
What is the First Amendment?
These people sit on a bench during a trial and listen to lawyers' arguments. They then deliberate as to whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.
THE JURY
The first step to resolving conflict, before going to court, is called
Negotiation
Active support for a cause, usually involving convincing other people to support the same cause as you, is called...
ADVOCACY
THIS BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT ENFORCES THE LAWS
Executive
The first ten amendments to the constitution are called...
The Bill of Rights
In civil court, the person bringing forth an accusation is called the...
PLAINTIFF
Most conflicts end before going to court. The agreement reached, usually involving a small payment, is called a...
SETTLEMENT
The right to vote is called...
What is suffrage?
This branch of government reviews laws to make sure that they are Constitutional.
JUDICIAL
You can invoke this amendment to remain silent during interrogation - because anything you say can and will be used against you!
What is the fifth amendment?
In order to find the defendant guilty, the plaintiff's lawyers in a civil case must...
Convince the judge (or jury if applicable) that the defendant is more likely to be guilty than not.
These types of lawyers hear both sides of a conflict, then come up with a legally binding agreement for them to sign.
ARBITRATOR
The process of convincing lawmakers to vote the way you want them to is called...
LOBBYING
The FBI, police officers, and ICE belong to what branch of government?
Executive
Name two ways the sixth amendment protects your right to a fair trial.
What is: (Speedy trial) (Right to trial by jury) (Voir Dire/Unbiased Jury) (Right to an attorney if you cannot afford one)
The process of ensuring a jury is unbiased, as per the sixth amendment, is called...
VOIR DIRE
When Lawyers need to get information from witnesses before the trial starts, they hold THIS meeting, where everyone is under oath
DEPOSITION
When legislators make a law and it gets put up to public vote, this is called...
REFERENDUM
What branch of government creates laws?
Legislative
The Fourth Amendment protects your privacy. It requires the government (usually the police) to have a ____, signed by a judge, to enter your home.
WARRANT
In order to result in a guilty verdict, what does the prosecution have to convince the jury of?
That the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Most lawyers don't go to trial. But when they do, the process of resolving a conflict through a courtroom trial is called...
LITIGATION
Name two ways that Jim Crow laws were used to disenfranchise Black Americans.
[POLL TAX] [LITERACY TESTS] [SEGREGATION] [GRANDFATHER CLAUSE]
This group of 100 lawmakers is comprised of 2 democratically elected representatives per state. What are they called and what branch of government are they the head of?
The Senate ; Legislative Branch