System of the Courts
This divides the the Supreme Court and the inferior courts
What is the dual-court system?
Constitutional requirements to be a Supreme Court Justice
What is NONE
An individual knowingly writes untrue information about somebody in a newspaper
What is libel?
A document that states the police can search a designated location for certain items
What is a warrant
The accused can refuse to testify on the grounds that they may incriminate themselves
What is the 5th amendment?
The two types of inferior courts
What are constitutional and legislative/special courts
Established by Marbury v Madison
What is judicial review?
The government cannot create laws that favor any religion
What is the Establishment Clause?
Reason to believe that an individual is in possession of something illegal.
What is probable cause
A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime in the same court
What is double jeopardy?
When two or more courts have the authority to hear a case (kind of jurisdiction)
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
What is a concurring opinion?
Burning the American flag (what kind of speech)
Symbolic speech
The methods of how the government acts (a kind of due process)
What is procedural due process?
A person cannot be convicted without a trial
What is no bills of attainder?
Judges that have fixed terms, can be removed, demoted, and have their salaries reduced.
What are special court judges?
Granted when at least 4 Supreme Court justices agree to hear a case
What is a Writ of Certiorari?
An individual can belong to any organization that he/she wants
What is the freedom of association?
Evidence gathered in an illegal search cannot be used in trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
One of two reasons for bail existing.
What is a person can better prepare for trial outside of jail, or an innocent person should not sit in jail
A court that must hear the case first (kind of jurisdiction)
Original jurisdiction
1 of the 3 checks and balances of the Supreme Court
Justices can be impeached, the court can reverse its older decisions, Congress and the states can amend the constitution
A law must 1) have a secular purpose, 2) neither promote nor inhibit religion, and 3) not foster excessive entanglement of government and religion
What is the Lemon Test?
An individual poses an imminent threat, or evidence could be easily and quickly disposed of.
What is a warrant exception?
A person can be held without bail if they are deemed a threat to themselves or to others
What is preventative detention?