Name the Case (2x)
This Supreme Court decision overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization?
If a law is unconstitutional, it cannot be enforced. A law is being enforced. Under this rule, what must be true?
The law is not unconstitutional.
This legal term describes a person who brings a civil lawsuit.
What is a plaintiff?
This doctrine allows courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This Mexican American labor activist co-founded the United Farm Workers.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
This 2023 decision effectively ended race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
What is Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC?
If A implies B, and B implies C, but C is false, what must be true about A?
A must be false.
This legal term refers to a court order requiring someone to appear and provide testimony or documents.
What is a subpoena?
This doctrine generally prevents prosecutors from trying a defendant twice for the same offense after an acquittal or conviction.
What is double jeopardy?
This Tejano music icon was known as the "Queen of Tejano Music."
Who is Selena Quintanilla?
This 1966 case established that suspects must be informed of certain constitutional rights before being subjected to custodial interrogation.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
"Crime declined after a new policy was introduced, so the policy must have caused the decline." What is the flaw?
Causation vs. Correlation
This Latin phrase means "you shall have the body" and protects individuals against unlawful detention.
What is habeas corpus?
This legal doctrine requires courts to respect binding precedent from higher courts within the same judicial system.
What is stare decisis?
This Puerto Rican singer is known as "La Caballota" and is considered a pioneer of female reggaetón.
Who is Ivy Queen?
This 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Three witnesses testify. Exactly one tells the truth. A says, "B is lying." B says, "C is lying." C says, "A and B are lying." Who tells the truth?
B
This Latin phrase refers to an act performed with a guilty mind or criminal intent.
What is mens rea?
This amendment reserves powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to the states, to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
This USC alumna became the first Latina U.S. Secretary of Labor in 2009, after serving in the California Legislature and U.S. Congress.
Hilda Solis
This 1971 Supreme Court case established a three-part test for evaluating government establishment of religion.
What is Lemon v. Kurtzman?
If no judges are prosecutors, some prosecutors are professors, and all professors are lawyers, what must be true about at least some lawyers?
Some lawyers are not judges.
This Latin phrase means "friend of the court" and describes a nonparty who provides information to assist a court.
What is amicus curiae?
This legal framework places an exceptionally heavy burden of proof on the government whenever it categorizes individuals by specific criteria like race.
What is Strict Scrutiny?
This Puerto Rican nationalist and political leader was imprisoned multiple times for advocating Puerto Rican independence.
Who is Pedro Albizu Campos?