SPORTS
This is the 2-word term for the maximum amount of money a professional team is allowed to spend on player salaries in a season.
Salary Cap
This is the generic term for a crime, such as shoplifting or simple assault, that is less serious than a felony and usually punishable by a fine or short jail time.
Misdemeanor
This is the very first element on the table; it's also the most abundant chemical substance in the universe.
Hydrogen
While the President can sign a bill into law, they can also use this power to reject it, sending it back to Congress.
Veto
This 1954 case unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" facilities in public schools were inherently unequal.
Brown v. Board of Education
This MLB player holds the "unbreakable" record for most career hits with 4,256, despite being banned from the Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose
In most states, this specific "degree" of murder implies that the killing was planned in advance, also known as premeditation.
First-Degree Murder
This metal is the only element on the table that is a liquid at standard room temperature and pressure.
Mercury
This 3-word term refers to the speech the President is constitutionally required to give to Congress every year.
State of the Union
This 1966 ruling ensures that police must inform suspects of their right to remain silent and their right to an attorney.
Miranda v. Arizona
This NFL player is the only defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy.
Charles Woodson
This "white-collar" crime involves the fraudulent taking of personal property or money by someone to whom it was entrusted, such as a company accountant.
Embezzlement
Group 18 elements, such as Neon and Argon, are known by this "regal" name because they are generally unreactive.
Noble Gases
This person is second in the line of presidential succession, right after the Vice President
Speaker of the House
This 1857 case infamously ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.
Dred Scott case
This tennis tournament is the only Grand Slam played on a clay court surface
The French Open (Roland-Garros
Distinct from robbery, this charge involves illegally entering a building with the intent to commit a crime, even if nothing is actually stolen.
Burglary
Elements in the same vertical column of the table are referred to by this 6-letter word.
Family or Group
This is the term for the 15 executive department heads (like State, Treasury, and Defense) who serve as the President's top advisors.
Cabinet
This 1969 case regarding black armbands ruled that students do not "shed their constitutional rights... at the schoolhouse gate
Tinker v. Des Moines
This Heisman Trophy winner returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.
Mark Ingram II
This is the legal term for a "failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise," often leading to civil or criminal charges after an accident.
Negligence
This element has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, even beating out Copper and Gold.
Silver
This man was the first Chief Justice of the United States and a co-author of the Federalist Papers.
John Jay
This 1963 case established that the 6th Amendment requires states to provide an attorney to defendants who cannot afford one.
Gideon v. Wainwright