Supreme Court Cases
The landmark Supreme Court case that ruled public school officials do not need a warrant or probable cause to search a student.
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)
The famous acronym utilized to determine the quality of source (x2 pts for stating all of them)
C.R.A.A.P
(Credibility, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose)
The three levels of court in the U.S. system
A dispute/unclarity about what happened or a rule’s meaning/application
Fork
Gibby and Josh's Hometowns
Texas v. Johnson (1989) held that this expression of protest was constitutional under first amendment rights
Flag Burning
Name ONE online source that Ad Fontes Media credits to have the highest news value/reliability and the least media bias
(refer to image in slides)
The legal standard held by the prosecution to prove elements of criminal charges
Burden of proof-- Beyond a reasonable doubt
Rule: A driver who runs a red light is liable for any resulting collision.
Facts: Two cars collide at an intersection. Driver A says the light was yellow when they entered. Driver B says it was already red. There's no camera at this intersection.
Identify the fork in the fact
Fork: Was the light yellow or red when Driver A entered?
True or False: Gibby and Josh are the same age
True
Furman v. Georgia (1972) decided that rape shouldn't receive the death penalty under the these following amendments.
8th (cruel and unusual punishment) and 14th Amendment (due process)
How do AI chatbots respond to given prompts
Relying on a large language model (LLM), chatbots use probability to predict what words and phrases go together to answer a prompt
The charge that was given to the defendant of the ADA's most interesting case
Indecent Exposure
Buses 1, 2, and 3 make one trip each day, and they are the only ones that riders A, B, C, D, E, F, and G take to work. Neither E nor G takes bus 1 on a day when B does. G does not take bus 2 on a day when D does. When A and F take the same bus, it is always bus 3. C always takes bus 3.
Traveling together to work, B, C, and G could take which of the same buses on a given day?
(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) 3 only
(D) 2 and 3 only
(E) 1, 2, and 3
(C)
Universities that Josh and Gibby currently attend
The recent Supreme Court case that has *somewhat* voided the holding of Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Trump v. Hawaii (2018)
According to the slideshow, these are some good sources to begin your research with
Local news or local organizations that work on your issue
The name of the traffic court judge we talked to
Judge Amanda Maris
Every witness who testified said the defendant was at the scene. Therefore, the defendant was definitely at the scene. A good lawyer sees at least two ways to challenge this.
(1) The witnesses could all be wrong or mistaken,
(2) The witnesses might not be independent,
(3) These might not be all the witnesses; others could contradict them.
What is Gibby and Josh's combined height
11 ft. 11 inches
Based on the facts of Pottawatomie v. Earls (2002), this was the amount of random drug tests conducted at Tecumseh HS during the 1998-99 school year
Eight
A fact-checking strategy where you leave an unfamiliar website to verify its credibility
Lateral reading
Two aggravating and two mitigating factors proposed in the DWI case we observed
Aggravating: 1) Reckless driving, 2) Dangerous driving, 3) BAC reading above .15%, 4) Accident caused more than 1,000 dollars in dmg.
Mitigating: 1) Toddler at home, 2) Feels deeply remorseful for actions, 3) Exhibited cooperation and politeness with police officers at the scene
Six employees — J, K, L, M, N, and O — are scheduled for performance reviews, one per day, Monday through Saturday, with exactly one employee reviewed each day. The following conditions apply:
J, L, K, N, O, M
Gibby and Josh's middle name
1) Larry and 2) Eugene OR William, Babatunde, Olumide, Adebanjo, Guy, Todd