Criminal Law
This is money provided for the release of a criminal defendant from legal custody (jail) prior to trial.
What is bail?
This is the name for the party that initiates a civil case.
What is a plaintiff?
In Tinker v Des Moines, a court case involving black armbands, this right was protected.
What was the free speech and expression of students?
The 1st Amendment protects the freedom of speech, religion, press and these two rights.
What is the right to petition and peacefully assemble (protest)?
This is the highest grossing ($$$) film of all time.
What is Avatar (2009)?
The decision reached in a trial is called this.
What is a verdict?
This is the name given to an action or inaction that may lead to a civil suit.
What is a tort?
This is the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
This amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This environmentally-friendly celebration was first observed on April 22, 1970.
What is Earth Day?
This is the party that initiates a criminal trial.
What is a prosecutor?
This is the term for a lawsuit initiated by multiple plaintiffs.
What is a class action lawsuit?
What was Brown v Board of Education?
This amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This is the most decorated American olympian.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This is the category of crime that could result in a prison sentence over one year.
What is a felony?
Instead of using the term guilty in a civil case, this is the term for someone found to be at fault for causing harm.
What is liable?
This is the Supreme Court case that upheld segregation and Jim Crow Laws.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
The 8th Amendment protects against these two things.
What is excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment?
This artist has the record for the most Grammys won.
Who is Beyonce?
This is the name for the warning read to an individual entering police custody and intended to inform them of their rights.
What is the Miranda Warning?
This is the term for when both parties in a case agree on a payment outside o a trial.
What is a settlement?
This act prevented states with poor civil rights histories from creating new voting laws without federal approval or "preclearance".
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This amendment provides the same protections in a civil trial as provided in a criminal trial.
What is the 7th Amendment?
This is Michael Jackson's most streamed song on Spotify.
What is "Billie Jean"?