Branches of Govt.
This branch of government enforces and carries out the law.
What is the executive branch?
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the judicial branch?
The third main type of law along with common law and statutory law.
What is administrative law?
This amendment protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This branch is led by the president, vice president, and cabinet members.
What is the executive branch?
This branch is led by the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
What is the judicial branch?
This type of law comes from decisions made by judges.
What is common law?
Flag burning falls under this category of First Amendment expression.
What is symbolic speech?
This branch of government makes and passes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This type of law is created by lawmakers such as Congress.
What is statutory law?
This Supreme Court case ruled that burning the American flag is protected speech.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
This branch is made up of Congress, including the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the legislative branch?
The year the Bill of Rights was ratified.
What is 1791?
This type of law comes from government agencies that help enforce laws.
What is administrative law?
This activist was involved in a Supreme Court case about protest liability and free speech.
Who is DeRay Mckesson?
This branch oversees and checks the executive branch.
What is the legislative branch?
This Founding Father is considered the main architect of the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
A Latin term meaning to stand by things decided that is part of common law.
What is stare decisis?
The year the Supreme Court ruled flag burning is protected by the First Amendment.
What is 1989?