Court Cases
What Amendment does Stone vs. Graham fall under?
What is the First Amendment?
Involves the right to a speedy, fair trial and provides the right to a lawyer by state.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Private property may not be taken for public use, without just compensation. What Amendment does it fall under?
What is the Public use Clause? What is the Fifth Amendmant?
When one has broken a law or the state brings charges, it falls under what?
What is a Criminal case?
When there is a conflict between people of entities, it becomes this.
What is a Civil case?
What did Mcdonald vs. Chicago deal with?
What is a gun ban?
Cruel and Unusual punishment to an extent.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
The government may not make any law respecting an establishment of religion.
What is the Establishment clause?
Protects one from incriminating themselves
What is Plead the Fifth?
Property can be taken for public use with compensation. (public use clause )
What is Eminent domain?
What did Gideon's case in Gideon vs. Wainwright result in?
What is the right to an attorney, even if they cant afford it?
Gives the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
Protects citizens' rights to practice their religion as they please.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
When ample evidence exists to bring/indict charges
What is Grand Jury?
Deals with Innocence or Guilty.
What is Trial jury?
When thinking of Kelo vs. New London, what do you think of?
What is the clause that states: State governments may take property if for public use?
Involves a Trial by a jury which gives the right to a jury in Civil cases.
What is Amendment 7?
The belief by a reasonable and prudent person based on articulate facts that something has occured.
What is reasonable suspicion?
This really comes in handy in that evidence gathered in violation of the Constitution cannot be used in the trial.
What is the Exclusionary rule?
When your BOR freedoms extend to the state level.
What is Incorporation?
When talking about states performing background checks, what case do you think of?
What is Printz vs. the U.S.?
When talking about Amendments, which ones were fully incorporated?
If an action is absent of significant secular purpose, the primary effect of the action is advancing or inhibiting religion, which is an excessive entanglement between government and religion.
What is the Three Prong Lemon test?
This is when the killing of one due to a crime is legal.
What is capital punishment?
Refers to punishment, influences the idea of death
What is corporal punishment?