U.S. Constitution & Government
What document establishes the structure of the U.S. federal government?
Answer: What is the U.S. Constitution?
In Marbury v. Madison, what power did the Supreme Court establish?
Answer: What is judicial review?
What case established that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning?
Answer: What is Miranda v. Arizona?
What is the primary function of an attorney in the U.S. legal system?
Answer: What is providing legal representation and counsel?
What constitutional amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?
Answer: What is the Fourth Amendment?
Which constitutional principle ensures that no single branch of government becomes too powerful?
Answer: What is separation of powers?
What is the primary role of an appellate court?
Answer: What is reviewing legal errors from lower court rulings?
Which Supreme Court case ruled that states must provide attorneys to defendants who cannot afford one?
Answer: What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
What is the primary purpose of attorney-client privilege?
Answer: What is encouraging open communication between attorneys and clients?
What amendment protects individuals from self-incrimination and double jeopardy?
Answer: What is the Fifth Amendment?
What clause establishes that federal law is the highest law of the land?
Answer: What is the Supremacy Clause?
What is the main purpose of a grand jury?
Answer: What is deciding whether enough evidence exists for trial?
What case protects the right to burn the U.S. flag as a form of free speech?
Answer: What is Texas v. Johnson?
If an attorney mixes client funds with personal accounts, what ethical violation occurs?
Answer: What is commingling?
A state passes a law that bans journalists from criticizing the governor. What constitutional protection applies?
Answer: What is the First Amendment – Freedom of Speech?
What power does Congress have under the Commerce Clause?
Answer: What is regulating trade between states and foreign nations?
What type of law governs disputes between individuals or organizations, often involving contracts or property?
Answer: What is civil law?
What case expanded the concept of judicial review?
Answer: What is Marbury v. Madison?
What ethical concern arises when a lawyer switches firms and the new firm represents a client suing the lawyer’s former client?
Answer: What is conflict of interest?
A suspect confesses after being physically threatened by police. Why is this confession inadmissible?
Answer: What is because it was obtained through coercion?
What amendment reserves powers to the states that are not explicitly given to the federal government?
Answer: What is the Tenth Amendment?
What is the standard of proof in a criminal trial?
Answer: What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
What case determined that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Answer: What is Brown v. Board of Education?
If a paralegal offers legal advice to clients without attorney supervision, what ethical issue does this violate?
Answer: What is unauthorized practice of law?
What amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment?
Answer: What is the Eighth Amendment?
Question: Congress passes a law banning certain social media content, and a state passes a conflicting law. Which law prevails?
Answer: What is the federal law under the Supremacy Clause?