Classic Heritage
What is the Greek word for City-State?
Polis
Miranda v. Arizona
What is the President's check on the Congress?
Veto
If the defendant is found guilty then the sentence is assigned by _ _____.
A judge
Name the first 5 freedoms
Speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
What does rule of law mean?
No one is above the law.
What court case ended segregation?
Brown vs. Board of Education.
What is Congress's main check on the President?
Impeach
A law
What are the first ten Amendments called?
What type of government did they have in Ancient Greece?
Direct Democracy
Which case involved the president does not have executive privilege?
What does Article 1,2, and 3 deal with?
Article 2. executive branch
Article 3. judicial branch
The law that treats people fairly.
Due Process.
Who demanded that they were added to the Constituion?
Anti-Federalists
Name four things we get from Judeo-Christian tradition?
Rule of Law, Ethical Ideas of Justice, Individual Worth, and Personal Responsibility.
What court case was a juvenile given a harsh sentence for a prank phone calls.
In Re Gault
Name 5 enumerated powers?
declare war, coin and print money, regulate trade, make rules for citizenship, regulate commerce, patents, post offices, weights and measures, establish courts.
How many citizens are on jury?
Three parts of the fourteenth amendment.
1. due process 2. equal protection 3. defined citizenship
Name five things we get from Ancient Rome
representative democracy, written law, rule of law, civic participation, and separation of powers.
This court case involved students protesting the Vietnam War?
Tinker vs. Des Moines
necessary and proper clause.
Who has "burden of proof" in a criminal trial?
The prosecution.
Four parts of the fifth amendment.
Due process, eminent domain, double jeopardy, and no self-incrimination.