Tort law
This intentional tort is defined as the intentional, unprivileged, and harmful or offensive contact with the person of another.
What is battery?
This is the illegal taking of another person's property without their permission, with the intent to permanently deprive them of it.
What is theft?
an amendment to the US Constitution that prohibits any law limiting freedom with respect to religion, expression, peaceful assembly, or the right of citizens to petition the government.
What is the first amendment?
This type of scam uses deceptive emails to trick individuals into providing personal information.
What is phishing?
This 1954 decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling that segregated schools are inherently unequal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Threatening a person with a gun can constitute this tort, which is the intentional causing of an apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact.
What is assault?
This is the malicious burning of property and can be charged as a felony, even if no one is injured.
What is arson?
Guarantees the individual right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, such as self-defense, while also acknowledging that the government can regulate the sale and use of guns.
What is the second amendment?
The act of using an unauthorized device to steal credit card information from the magnetic strip during a transaction.
What is skimming?
The 1803 ruling in this case established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The wrongful confinement or restraint of a person without their consent is known as this tort.
What is false imprisonment?
This violent crime is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought.
What is murder?
The United States Constitution prevents the government from forcing private citizens to quarter, or house, soldiers in their homes without the owner's consent, especially during peacetime.
What is the 3rd amendment?
Besides financial loss, a victim of identity theft may also face this negative outcome if the thief commits crimes under their name.
What are criminal arrests?
The 1963 ruling in this case determined that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of counsel applies to state courts, requiring states to provide attorneys for indigent defendants.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
A celebrity whose picture is used in an advertisement without their consent could sue for this tort, a type of intentional infliction of emotional distress.
What is misappropriation of a person's name or likeness?
This financial crime involves disguising the origins of illegally obtained money to make it appear as if it came from a legitimate source.
What is money laundering?
Protects people from unreasonable government searches and seizures of their "persons, houses, papers, and effects".
What is the 4th amendment.
This government agency is the primary recipient for reporting most identity theft incidents.
What is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)?
This 1966 case established that police must inform suspects of their right to remain silent and right to an attorney before questioning them.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in a similar situation is the definition of this tort.
What is negligence?
This crime involves the unlawful entry into a building or other property with the intent to commit a felony or theft.
What is burglary?
Provides several fundamental rights to people facing legal proceedings, most famously the right to remain silent and not testify against themselves in a criminal case.
What is the 5th amendment?
This practice, where a thief sorts through your garbage to find bills, statements, and other documents with personal information, is called this.
What is dumpster diving?
This 1969 case affirmed that students' free speech rights included wearing armbands to protest the Vietnam War, as long as it did not disrupt the school environment.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?