A claim that capitol punishment is inhumane and therefor unconstitutional under the 8th amendment.
What is Inhumane Capitol Punishment?
100
The enforcement of a statute is unconstitutional.
What is Unconstitutional as Applied?
200
Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
200
Limits the time period for a prosecution.
What is the Statute of Limitations?
200
Criminal conduct committed due to bias based on race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
What are Hate Crimes?
200
Asserts that a criminal punishment is too severe for the crime.
What is Disproportionate Punishment?
200
The wording of a statute is unconstitutional.
What is Unconstitutional On Its Face?
300
Powers not delegated to the Federal Government are reserved for the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
300
Punishes a defendant retroactively.
What is Ex Post Facto?
300
Not protected by the 1st amendment due to a clear and present danger to public safety.
What are Fighting Words?
300
No individual will be deprived of life, liberty, or property without the completion of all necessary legal procedures.
What is Due Process?
300
A statute is too imprecisely worded, gives too much discretion to law enforcement, and fails to specify what is criminal.
What is Void for Vagueness?
400
Prohibits forced quartering of soldiers during peacetime.
What is the 3rd Amendment?
400
Punishes a defendant without a trial.
What is the Bill of Attainder?
400
Objectionable content in pictures, songs, videos, live performances, etc. not protected by the 1st amendment.
What is Obscenity?
400
Provides rules for eminent domain and indictment by grand jury and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?
400
A standard of judicial review pursuant to the equal protections clause, which makes the statute unconstitutional unless it is rationally related to a legitimate government interest.
What is the Rational Basis Test?
500
Addresses the rights of people not enumerated in the constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?
500
The government cannot unreasonably encroach on an individuals constitutional rights.
What is Substantive Due Process?
500
Prohibits imminent mass lawless action in the case of clear and present public danger, but cannot prohibit simple advocacy.
What is Incitement to Riot?
500
Protects the right to a fair and speedy trial by jury.
What is the 6th Amendment?
500
A standard of judicial review used when a statute encroaches on a fundamental constitutional right.