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True or False: An appellate opinion is a type of judicial opinion issues by the Supreme Court.
What is false. It is NOT!
It was under his tenure of the Supreme Court when the adopted the philosophy of judicial activism.
Who is Chief Justice Earl Warren?
This law restricted the sale of handguns by requiring a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun.
What is the Brady law?
This amendment says that a person will not be forced to testify against himself in court.
What is the 5th?
This amendment deals with lawsuits filed against states in federal courts.
What is the 11th?
These are briefs filed by individual who are not parties in a particular case but still have an interest in the case’s outcome.
What are amicus curiae?
This was the case regarding abortion that illustrated radical activism.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This is a special military court that members of the armed forces are tried in.
What is a court marital?
This amendment gives the right to a “speedy and public trial.”
What is the 6th?
This amendment abolished slavery, while this amendment is the source of federal civil rights legislation.
What are the 13th and 14th, respectively?
This refers to a petition for the Supreme Court to hear a case.
What is a writ of certiorari?
True or false: The Judiciary Act of 1789 was a part of the historical background for the Bill of Rights.
What is false: It was NOT
This type of crime is a crime so serious that is punishable by death.
What is a capital crime?
This amendment guarantees trial by jury in civil cases.
This amendment prohibited alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th?
This describes the right of the Supreme Court to declare a law, or an action based upon that law, unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
True or false: The freedom of a trial by jury is not guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What is true
This amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd?
This amendment prohibits excessive punishments.
What is the 8th?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th?
They are the most active of the federal judiciary courts.
What are The United States District Courts?
This is the word meaning to destroy a person’s reputation by false writing.
What is libel?
This amendment prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes.
What is the 3rd?
This amendment reserves the powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution for the states and the people.
What is the 10th?
What is the 21st?