Legal Terminology
What is the name of the party who files the appeal?
Appellant
Supreme Court justice known for her advocacy for gender equality
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The case that ruled that “separate but equal” segregation was not discrimination
Plessy v. Ferguson
Amendment that prohibits excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment
8th Amendment
She goes to Harvard law school, and in her first year, works as an intern for a murder case
Legally Blonde
A statement under oath, to be used in court in place of the spoken testimony from a witness
Deposition
Current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
John Roberts
The case that overturned Roe v. Wade, and held that the right to abortion is not recognized.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th Amendment
A widowed lawyer defends a black man against a false rape charge, while teaching his children about prejudice
To Kill a Mockingbird
The act of doing something illegal or morally wrong
Malfeasance
Served as a lawyer for the NAACP in Brown v. Board of Education, before serving on the Court
Thurgood Marshall
Case that held that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning
Miranda v. Arizona
The Amendment that enacted a prohibition of alcohol
18th Amendment
Two young adults, accused of murder in rural Alabama, call one of their cousins, a lawyer with no trial experience
My Cousin Vinny
An illegal act in which an injury occurs to another, intentional or accidental.
Tort
The current solicitor general
John D. Sauer
The case that upheld the Sixth Amendment right that all defendants must be appointed a lawyer if they cannot afford their own attorney.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Amendment that allows federal income tax
16th Amendment
A military lawyer works to prove that two US marines charged with murdering another Marine were only following orders
A Few Good Men
A latin phrase meaning “from the beginning” when considering something null and void from the start.
Ab Inito
Served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the civil rights era (1953-1969)
Earl Warren
The case that held that Florida’s election recount scheme was unconstitutional.
Voting Age nationally established as age 18
26th Amendment
A jury in a NYC murder case work to come to unanimity
12 Angry Men