Law/Legal Reasoning
The supreme law in the land in the United States.
What is the US Constitution?
The process of a court deciding if the laws/actions of the executive or legislative branch is constitutional.
What is "judicial review?"
The four ethical lenses in Ethics Game.
What are Relationship, Results, Reputation, and Responsibilities?
The original document outlining the form of government in the United States after the Revolutionary War.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The two clauses restricting government interference with freedom of religion under the US Constitution.
What are the "establishment clause" and "free exercise clause"?
The four sources of laws in the United States.
A court's authority over property located within a state's boundaries.
What is "in rem" jurisdiction?
The first set of values in tension.
What are head vs. heart?
The Constitutional provision preventing a state from imposing unreasonable burdens on citizens of another state.
What is the "privileges and immunities" clause?
The 3-part test for determining if commercial speech restrictions are Constitutional/
What are 1. seek to implement a substantial government interest; 2. directly advance that interest; 3. go no further than necessary to accomplish objective.
A historical English court that awarded non-monetary relief.
What are courts of equity?
The two ways to establish federal court jurisdiction.
What are "federal question" and "diversity of citizenship?"
The second set of values in tension.
What are individual vs. community?
The three branches of the federal government.
What are the legislative, executive and judicial branches?
The current extent of the federal government's right to regulate commerce.
What is all interstate and intrastate commerce?
A latin phrase meaning "to stand on decided cases."
What is stare decisis?
The method used to determine whether a court can exercise personal jurisdiction based on Internet activities.
What is the "sliding scale standard?"
The process for determining the one correct ethical decision.
What is none?
The first ten amendments of the US Constitution are called this name.
What are the "bill of rights?"
The landmark case that established a right to privacy under the US Constitution.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
A situation when it is appropriate for a court to overturn its own prior precedent.
What is "when there is a compelling reason to do so?"
The three primary forms of alternative dispute resolution in the United States.
What are negotiation, mediation, and arbitration?
The best ethical lens for making the right decision.
What is none?
The two categories of restrictions on Constitutional freedom of speech.
What are "content-neutral" and "content-specific"?
The most recent Justice added to the US Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?