Govt. Vocab. A
Govt. Vocab. B
Amendments
Judicial Vocab.
Key Cases
100
the official and proper way of doing things in a legal case guaranteed by the 5th Amendment.
What is due process
100
a court order requiring a prisoner be brought to court to determine the legality of custody
What is a writ of habeas corpus?
100
Freedom of speech
What is a 1st Amendment right?
100
The power to decide certain cases.
What is jurisdiction?
100
Concluded that separate facilities cannot truly be equal and desegregated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
200
Powers listed in the Constitution.
What are Enumerated powers
200
powers shared by the states and the national government
What are concurrent powers?
200
Right to privacy
What is a 4th Amendment right?
200
A written request for a judicial review of a case.
What is a writ of certiorari?
200
Permitted legalized racial segregation, as long as there were “equal but separate accommodations.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents
What is Democracy
300
the people have final authority through elected representatives.
What is a republic?
300
Right to own a gun
What is a 2nd Amendment right?
300
Someone involved in a lawsuit.
What is a litigant?
300
Ruled that suspects of crimes must be advised of their rights when arrested and questioned.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
400
powers not specifically listed in the Constitution but are claimed by the federal government.
What are implied powers?
400
Casts the official votes for President and Vice-President
What is the electoral college?
400
No cruel or unusual punishment
What is an 8th Amendment right?
400
Bringing a case from a lower court to a higher court in hopes of having the decision reversed.
What is an appeal?
400
Ruled that a woman has a “right to privacy” that extends to having an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
500
Fundamental powers but not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution
What are Inherant powers
500
The power of government is divided between the national and state governments
What is federalism?
500
Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
What is Amendment 10
500
the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc. the purpose or scope of a statute.
What is purview?
500
Lawyer must be provided for those who cannot afford to hire their own
What is Gideon v. Wainright
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