Type of Laws
A written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon
A.Common Law
B.Code of Hammurabi
C.Equal Protection Clause
D.Landmark
Code of Hammurabi
What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison?
1.) It established the power of the Court to declare an act of Congress (laws) unconstitutional.
•Judicial Review
•The interpretation of the constitutionality of laws
Which principle was established in Gideon vs. Wainwright (1963)?
•Poor defendants have the right to a court appointed attorney.
In complete agreement
A.Censor
B.Integration
C.Unanimous
D.precedent
Unanimous
Joshua a soldier is charged with domestic violence. Which type of law will apply in this case?
Civil Law
Statutory Law
Criminal Law
Military Law
What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona?
Suspects had to be told of their right to have an attorney present or to remain silent during police interrogations.
Unites States vs. Nixon
◦Limited the power of the executive branch
To remove offensive materials from
A.Prosecute
B.Precedent
C.Censor
Martial law
Censor
Define precedent
•Established in previous court decisions
What was the significance of the U.S. Supreme court case Brown v. Board of Education?
It overturned the racial segregation in public schools.
The belief that the conversations between the president and his aids are confidential
A.Case Law
B.Common Law
C.Landmark
D.Executive Privilege
Executive Privilege
•Joshua is charged with grand theft for stealing an i-phone from T-Mobile. Since he was unable to afford an attorney, the court appointed a Public Defender on his behalf. Which type of law is concerned with this case?
1.Civil Law
2.Criminal Law
3.Constitutional Law
Military Law
Criminal Law
Which principle did the case Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) establish?
•Separate but Equal
•NO Equal protection under the law
•Racial Segregation Legal
The section of the 14th amendment that Says that states must apply the law equally and cannot discriminate against citizens
A.Equal Protection Clause
B.Executive Privilege
C.Code of Hammurabi
D.Due Process Rights
Equal Protection Clause
What did the U.S Supreme Court decide in the case In-Regault (1967)
Juveniles are owed due process rights like adults
What did Brown v. Board of Education do for public schools?
•Made it illegal to make racially segregated schools in the United States
•Racial Segregation illegal
Law established based on the outcome of former court cases
A.Case law
B.Common law
C.Criminal law
D.Civil law
Case law