The Judiciary
The Constitution established the judiciary branch under this article
What is Article III?
The rights protected under the first amendment
What is religion, speech, assembly, the press, and petition?
The amendment that holds the Equal Protection clause
What is the 14th amendment?
The length of a SCOTUS justice's term
What is lifetime?
The right for SCOTUS to rule on the constitutionality of laws
What is "judicial review"?
District courts have this type of jurisdiction
What is original jurisdiction?
The doctrine that applies the Bill of Rights protections to state governments
What is the Incorporation Doctrine?
The Supreme Court case that overturned "separate but equal"
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The Federalist Paper that famously discusses judicial review
Fed. 78
Lies and malicious content either said or printed about someone, not protected by the first amendment
What is "slander" (or libel)?
What is Stare Decisis?
The Bill of Rights amendment where can you find the "due process" clause
What is the 5th amendment?
The policy that was created to prevent discrimination against minorities in jobs and schooling before it was overturned
What is "affirmative action"?
Who appoints the Supreme Court justices
What is the president?
The government's right to make private property available to the public
What is "eminent domain"?
The difference between original and appellate jurisdiction
(What is) With original jurisdiction the court can hear case for the first time. With appellate jurisdiction the court can only hear appeals from lower courts
The only circumstance in which the government has the right to prevent free speech
Amendment made it possible for the Bill of Rights to be gradually extended to the states
What is the 14th amendment?
Who confirms Supreme Court Justices
What is the senate
A court order that explains to a judge why a prisoner is being held in custody
What is a "writ of habeas corpus"?
The process of resolving conflicts and differences between parties through negotiation, mediation, or the courts.
What is dispute resolution?
The type of protest/speech that was protected under the first amendment per "Schenck v. US"
What is "symbolic speech"?
Two types of segregation under the US government
What is De Facto and De Jure?
The type of jurisdiction the Supreme Court has in cases between two states and those that involve public officials
What is original jurisdiction?
The idea that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say
What is "judicial restraint"?