Torts
Search and Seizure
Miranda Rights
Internet and Law
Government
100
Tort cases are heard in this type of court.
What is civil court?
100
This Amendment of the Constitution protects the right of people to be secure in their person, house, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
100
"You have the right to remain silent. Any you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford one, one will be provided to you."
What are Miranda Rights?
100
This document protects your right to privacy.
What is the Constitution?
100
This is a written law passed by a legislative body.
What is a statute? (a law)
200
A person that brings a lawsuit against another party.
What is a plaintiff?
200
This occurs anytime government officials interfere with an individual's reasonable expectations of privacy.
What is search?
200
These three thing every citizen must provide to the police if asked.
What are Name, Date of Birth (age), Address?
200
These are small computer text files placed in your computer by the sites you visit that collect information about your computer and internet activity.
What are cookies?
200
A legislative bill needs approval by both of these legislative chambers before it becomes law.
What is The Senate and House of Representatives?
300
This is the type of relief sought by a plaintiff in a tort case.
What is Damages? (Money)
300
This a type of search that police can conduct to check for weapons in public.
What is What is Stop and Frisk (Terry Stop)?
300
These are the two most important things to do if you have been arrested.
What is staying silent and asking for a lawyer?
300
It is important to know what you are agreeing to when you use an App, make a profile, or visit a website by reading this document.
What is the Terms and Conditions?
300
The President can sign a bill and make it a law, or can exercise this power.
What is Veto power?
400
Duty, Breach, Causation, and Damages are elements of this foundational principle of tort law.
What is Negligence?
400
Consent, a warrant, and this principle allow an officer to conduct a search of a person's vehicle.
What is plain view of a weapon or illegal drugs?
400
Because this type of stop is not consider "in custody" or an arrest, Miranda Rights are not required.
What is stop and frisk?
400
Police can get search warrants to obtain photos that users often believe disappear from this mobile application.
What is Snapchat?
400
Before a bill is introduced to either the House of Representatives or Senate, it is first reviewed in this smaller body.
What is a committee?
500
This is the side that won the McDonald's Hot Coffee case.
Who is the Plaintiff? (injured woman)
500
Absent a search warrant, the police can search your house with this.
What is consent?
500
You can invoke your Miranda Rights or do this.
What is waive your Miranda Rights?
500
This is the age you have to be to use Instagram.
What is 13 years old?
500
These people can introduce a bill to the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What are Representatives and Members of Congress?
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