Order in the Court
Case Closed
Bill Me Later
Liberty Biberty
Home for the Holidays
100

This is the highest court in the United States.

The U.S Supreme Court 

100

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) deemed this as unconstitutional in schools. 

segregation 

100

The Second Amendment guarantees this right.

right to bear arms 

100

This clause in the First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a religion.

The Establishment Clause 

100

Will Ferrell stars as this oversized elf in the 2003 holiday comedy Elf.

Buddy 

200

This branch of government interprets the Constitution and laws.

The Judicial Branch 

200

In this 1966 case, the Court ruled that suspects must be informed of their rights before questioning.

Miranda v. Arizona 

200

This amendment guarantees you the right to a speedy and public trial. 

The Sixth Amendment 

200

The term for protecting individual freedoms from government interference.

civil liberties 

200

In Home Alone, Kevin orders this kind of pizza that no one else in his family likes.

cheese pizza

300

The term for a Supreme Court justice lasts this long.

Life 

300

This case established that "separate but equal" was constitutional, later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.

Plessy v. Ferguson

300

This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

The Eighth Amendment 

300

This amendment requires authorities to have a warrant to search private property.

The Fourth Amendment 

300

In the 1994 film The Santa Clause, what happens to Santa resulting in Tim Allen taking over the role?

falls off the roof 

400

This power allows courts to declare laws unconstitutional.

judicial review 

400

Marbury v. Madison was an 1803 case establishing this key role of the Supreme Court

judicial review 

400

These five freedoms are guaranteed by the First Amendment 

speech, religion, press, petition and assembly 

400

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) was a Supreme Court case that ruled all defendants had the right to this, even if they could not afford it.

right to counsel 

400

The name of the town in How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Whoville 

500

The level of our court system directly below the U.S Supreme Court 

U.S Court of Appeals 

500

Katz v. United States (1967)was a Supreme Court case that ruled on this Fourth Amendment right. 

right to privacy 

500

The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination and guarantees this legal process.

due process 

500

Schenck v. United States (1919) was a Supreme Court case that ruled free speech intended to result in a crime,  does not protect the speaker from government action if they deem it a clear and present what to society?

danger 

500

The first ghost the visits Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

Jacob Marley