Vocabulary
What is the authority of a court to hear (to try and to decide) a case?
What is Jurisdiction?
Court that a case is first heard in is what type of jurisdiction?
What is Original Jurisdiction?
What amendment provides that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law..."
What is the 5th amendment?
What Court case provoked controversy when it was applied to a woman's right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade in 1973?
What is the legal process by which a person becomes a citizen of another country at some time after birth?
What is Naturalization?
What are protections against government?
What are civil liberties?
Cases that can only be heard in federal courts are what form of jurisdiction?
What is Exclusive Jurisdiction?
American people possess rights that are not set out explicitly in the constitution stated in what amendment?
What is the 9th amendment?
What court case is defined as "the right to be free except in very limited circumstance from unwanted governmental intrusion into ones privacy".
What is Stanley v. Georgia, 1969?
The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules at al times is what?
What is due process?
What is the satisfaction of a claim, usually through payment-through this court.
What is redress?
What form of jurisdiction can be tried in a federal court or a state court?
What is Concurrent Jurisdiction?
What amendment protects citizens equally under the law and extends restrictions to state and local governments?
What is the 14th amendment?
What court case held that a law outlawing birth-control was unconstitutional?
What is Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965?
The most regulated form of communication is?
What is symbolic speech?
What is conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
What is sedition?
Court that hears cases on appeal from lower court is what kind of jurisdiction?
What is Appellate Jurisdiction?
What amendment protests against writs of assistance (blanket search warrants) and "unreasonable search and seizures."
What is the 4th amendment?
What supreme court case set an historic precedent when it would no longer uphold convictions in cases in which the defendant had not been informed of his or her rights before questioning?
What is Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
Due process is broken down into what two categorizes?
What is procedural due process and substantive due process?
What is the patrolling of a business site by workers on strike, is a prevalent form of symbolic speech?
What is picketing?
The supreme court exercises what form(s) of jurisdiction?
What is both original and appellate jurisdiction?
The right to a speedy and public trial was extended as part of what amendment's due process clause.
What is the 14th amendment?
What court case shows that the Constitution does not allow race to be used as the only factor in the making of affirmative action decisions?
What is The University of California v. Bakke, 1978?
A bench trial is held if?
What is the defendant waives the right to a trail by jury?