Court Cases
The Court case dealing with the right to bear arms and due process clause.
What is McDonald v Chicago?
What is the equal protection clause?
Number of Amendments in the Constitution
What is 27?
What civil liberties are.
What is individual rights protected by law from unjust government interference?
Commerce clause
What is Congress can regulate trade between nations, states, and Indian tribes?
Brown v Board of Education
What is the court case that ruled that segregation in facilities is unequal and caused schools to desegregate.
De Jure Segregation.
What is segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions?
When the Constitution was ratified
What is September 17, 1787?
The first amendment.
What is the amendment that lists the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
Equal Protection Clause
What is the 14th amendment that no state shall deny any person the equal protection of laws?
Gideon v Wainwright
What is the court case that ruled a defendant must be provided a lawyer free of charge if cannot afford on.
De Facto Segregation.
What is racial segregation in schools that occurs from residential settlement?
The Constitution is
What is a document that lists the rules and guidelines the country will be run by; is the frame of government?
The court case in which the court ruled that freedom of speech could be limited if it provokes clear and present danger.
What is Schenck v United States?
Due Process clause
What is a requirement that all are treated equally and that legal matters be resolved according to rules and principles-5th and 14th amendment?
The court case where the free exercise clause was used.
What is Wisconsin v Yoder?
The act that passed the first federal legislation on civil rights.
What is the civil rights act of 1957?
Checks and Balances
What is the processes in which each branch of government can impact the actions of the others?
The exclusionary rule.
What is the rule that evidence collected outside of those listed in the warrant can be invalid according to law?
The Elastic Clause
What is Congress can exercise powers not specifically stated in the Constitution if they are necessary and proper when expressed and carried out?
Tinker v Des Moines
What is the first court case to use symbolic freedom of speech to protest in a school using armbands.
The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
What is the prohibited discrimination of blacks in public places and on public transportation.
Article I
What is the legislative branch, including seperation of powers, checks and balances, election of Congress, law process, and powers of Congress?
Miranda v Arizona
What is the case that set guidelines for when police are questioning suspects and suspects must be informed of their rights?
The Ex Post Facto clause
What is congress can't punish a person for something they did that was not a crime when committed?