Amendments
These are the five rights protected by the 1st Amendment (R.A.P.P.S)
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Petition
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
Law that deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimes
Criminal Law
The Justices of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in this Landmark Case that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
States must provide citizens with a lawyer because of this Landmark Case
Gideon v. Wainwright
Due process and equal protection of the law to ALL within the U.S. (Natural and Naturalized)
14th Amendment
After a bill is introduced in either Senate or the House of Representatives what is the next step????
IT GOES TO A COMMITTEE!!
Laws that apply to members of our armed forces
Military Law
This Landmark Case concluded that only the Supreme Court can do a judicial review (JR) and check if a law is unconstitutional.
Marbury V. Madison
This Landmark Case established the principle that juveniles are entitled to the same Due Process rights as adults.
In Re Gault
Right to counsel (lawyer) in all felony cases
6th Amendment
This amendment provided women with suffrage
19th Amendment
Laws dealing with 2 or more parties, in a Dispute,
divorce, slip and fall....
Civil Law
The significance of this case was that the police were now required to inform you of your rights before placing you under arrest
Miranda v. Arizona
In this Landmark Case, the majority of Justices agreed that school newspapers are not protected by the 1st Amendment
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Citizens are no longer protected by this amendment if their words put others in "clear and present danger".
1st Amendment
This amendment made poll taxes illegal
24th Amendment
If the idea starts with an "R" it came from....?
Republic, Representative Democracy, Rule of Law
Landmark Case established the "separate but equal" policy (which was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education)
Plessy v. Ferguson
This is how many Justices are on the Supreme Court
9
2 steps of the amendment process after an amendment is introduced in Congress (yes, I want the fractions)
Step 1: passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress
Step 2: ratified by three-fourths of all state legislatures (law making bodies)
In the Judicial Branch you have state court systems and federal court systems:
Fill in the blank:
State Court Systems are :County(Misdemeanors/Trial Circuit (felonies/appellate court), ______ (appellate court), Supreme (appellate court)
District or District Court of Appeals
Type of law involving children bonus for the Supreme court case!
Juvenile law
Bonus- in re Gault
This Supreme Court case centered on the Constitutional principles of executive privilege and rule of law
U.S. v. Nixon
If you don't like the decision of the court you can___ to a higher court?
Appeal