Amendments
Vocab
Decisions of the Court
Land Mark Cases and Justices
Civil Liberties
100
This amendment gives you the right to not quarter a solder
What is 3rd Amendment
100
In case a judge forgets what they are doing, the court has this to keep them in line.
What is a docket
100
This court case allows you to be friends with ALL types of people.
What is Brown V. Board of Education
100
Current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is Chief Justice John Roberts
100
The Courts adopted this to ban evidence that was acquired illegally in a search.
What is exlusionary rule
200
This amendment keeps you from recieving cruel and unusual punishment
What is 8th Amendment
200
Often miss spoken about, the Bill of Rights are known as these.
What is Civil Liberties
200
This court case is what landed Rosa Parks in jail.
What is Plessy V. Ferguson
200
Marbury V. Madison gives this unconsitutional power to the Supreme Court
What is Judicial Review
200
This is the authority of each State to act to protect and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
What is police power
300
This amendment protects you from saying the wrong thing
What is the 5th amendment
300
This protects you from having to hear about the snake throwing institution in you class
What is Establishment clause
300
This court case is the case that made it known you must have a search warrent to take evidence from a home
What is Mapp V. Ohio
300
In Roe V. Wade the court decided that abortions were acceptable during this time.
What is 1st trimester
300
In Stanley V. Georgia, the Court decided that you had this civil liberty even though there is no claim to this in the Consitution or the Bill of Rights.
What is Privacy
400
This amendment protects you from the federal government by giving the states and the people power.
What is 10th Amendment
400
This gives you the ability to be whatever you want and practice whatever you want in the United States
What is the Free Exercise Clause
400
This court case allows you to know your rights even if you ARE guilty
What is Miranda V. Arizona
400
In Lemon V. Kurtzman, the court decided that this was the standard when using money.
What is Government money cannot be used for religous purposes.
400
This governmental rule demands that the government must employ fair procedures and methods.
What is procedural due process
500
This amendment protects everyone from state intrusions.
What is 14th amendment
500
An order b y a higher court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for review.
What is the Writ of certiorari
500
Court case that gives the Supreme Court power not found in the Constitution.
What is Marbury V. Madison
500
This Chief Justice of the United States was one of the must influencial justices of all time.
What is Chief Justice Marshall
500
This demands that the government must create fair policies and laws
What is substantive due process
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