Amendments!
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, protest, assembly, and press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
What famous cases is known for the slogan: "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!" ?
What is the O.J. Simpson murder trial?
This TV show features the fictional law firm Pearson Specter Litt.
What is Suits?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This term describes a legally binding agreement between two or more parties.
What is a contract?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This year marked the highly publicized defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
What is 2022?
This 2009 movie stars Reese Witherspoon as a law student who goes to Harvard Law School.
What is Legally Blonde?
In this 1973 case, the Supreme Court generally legalized abortion nationwide.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This term refers to the person who brings a civil lawsuit to court.
What is the plaintiff?
This Amendment was ratified in the year 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment? (gave women the right to vote!)
After a 2020 incident involving a shooting, rapper Tory Lanez was charged with assaulting which fellow artist?
Who is Megan Thee Stallion?
In this classic 1957 film, Gregory Peck plays a lawyer defending a black man accused of raping a white woman.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review in the United States.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This term refers to a formal accusation made by a grand jury charging someone with a crime.
What is an indictment?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This singer’s trial for reckless driving in 2007 made headlines worldwide and involved a famous ex-husband named Kevin Federline.
Who is Britney Spears?
This movie features a defense lawyer played by Matthew McConaughey who operates out of his car.
What is The Lincoln Lawyer?
This 2008 Supreme Court case ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms for self-defense.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
This term describes a legal principle where a higher court reviews the decision of a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
This amendment, ratified in 1992, prevents members of Congress from giving themselves immediate pay raises.
What is the 27th Amendment?
This rapper faced a highly publicized trial in 2007 for a nightclub shooting incident in New York City but was acquitted.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
This legal drama TV show is famous for the phrase, “You can’t handle the truth!”
What is a Few Good Men?
This 1978 Supreme Court case ruled that the death penalty, as then administered, was unconstitutional because it was arbitrary and capricious.
What is Furman v. Georgia?
This Latin phrase means “let the decision stand” and refers to respecting previous court rulings.
What is stare decisis?