Know Your Rights
This amendment protects freedom of speech.
What is the First Amendment?
This Supreme Court case established the idea of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Elle Woods goes to law school in this famous comedy.
What is Legally Blonde?
The legal idea that someone is innocent until proven guilty.
What is the presumption of innocence?
This former NFL star was put on trial in one of the most famous criminal cases in U.S. history in 1995.
Who is O. J. Simpson?
This amendment gives you the right to remain silent.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This case ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
In this movie, a jury must decide whether a teenage boy is guilty.
What is 12 Angry Men?
The legal term meaning a previous court decision must be followed.
What is precedent?
These two brothers were convicted of killing their wealthy parents in a case that shocked the country.
Who are Lyle and Erik Menendez?
This amendment gives you the right to a lawyer.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This case created the rule that police must inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This movie is about a lawyer defending a man wrongly accused in the South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
The Latin phrase meaning “you have the body.”
What is habeas corpus?
This famous lawyer defended civil rights activists and later became the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This amendment prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
This case involved shipwrecked sailors and the legal defense of necessity.
What is R v Dudley and Stephens?
Tom Cruise shouts “You can’t handle the truth!” in this movie.
What is A Few Good Men?
A written statement someone swears is true in court.
What is an affidavit?
A widely televised defamation trial regarding domestic abuse allegations
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard
This amendment prohibits voting discrimination based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This case said students do not lose free speech rights at school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This movie is about a Harvard law student caught in a huge legal conspiracy.
What is The Pelican Brief?
A law that punishes someone for something that was legal when they did it.
What is an ex post facto law?
This famous lawyer was part of O.J. Simpson’s defense team and became known for saying, “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”
Who is Johnnie Cochran?