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What two Landmark Supreme Court Cases dealt with Segregation
Plessey v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Education
Where does a bill go after it is proposed
Committee
This supreme court case sets up judicial review.
What is Marbury V. Madison?
This is the duty that citizens must report to serve as members of a jury, if they are called to do so.
What is jury duty?
To amend the U.S. Constitution:
This fraction of Congress must approve it.
What is 2/3?
What two Landmark Supreme Court Cases dealt with Freedom of Speech
Tinker v Des Moines
Where does a bill go after is pass Congress
The President
This amendment guarantees fair protection and equal rights under the law to all citizens.
What is the 14th amendment?
This supreme court case's outcome enforced "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment or Emancipation Proclamation?
What did the Civil Rights Acts guarantee
Equal Rights and protection for all
What happens if the President does not sign a bill after ten days while congress is in session
The bill becomes law
To amend the U.S. Constitution:
This fraction of the states must approve it.
What is 3/4?
This type of law is based on the Constitution and on Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution.
What is constitutional law?
This supreme court case abolished segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
What Amendment covers equal rights for all
14th
What happens to a bill if the President does not sigh while congress is out of session
Pocket Veto
What is an Executive order?
What is an order the president immediately signs into law with congress permission?
This supreme court case's outcome guaranteed free legal counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, because people thought that if you were old enough to fight in a war, then you could vote.
What is the 26th amendment?
What level of government is responsible for securing the border
National/Federal
What type of law does LTC Smith fall upon if he is caught stealing a car on a Army base
Military Law
These are the trial courts, lowest level courts, are the only federal court in which jury trials are held, and they are courts of original jurisdiction.
What are district courts?
This is a tax a person had to pay to register to vote.
What is a poll tax?
This amendment gives states the power to act independently of the federal government to protect citizens’ rights.
What is the 10th amendment?
What level for government is responsible for schools
State Government
What type of law is a dispute between two or more people
Civil Law
What are powers that are shared with the federal and state government?
What are Concurrent powers
This amendment provides for a trial by jury in certain kinds of cases involving money or property.
What is the 7th amendment?
This amendment made it so that African American men could not be denied suffrage.
What is the 15th amendment?
What Supreme Court Case did the Supreme Court support the students Freedom of Speech during their protest of the Vietnam War
Tinker v Des Moines
What type of law involves a punishment
Criminal Law
This branch of government has the power to declare war.
What is congress?
This amendment banned poll taxes.
What is the 24th amendment?
What does Article VI of the constitution deal with
Supremacy Clause
Constitution trumps all state laws and constitutions
What court is below the Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
How did the 19th Amendment impact the number of eligible voters
It doubled it
What do appellate courts do?
What is review cases
This supreme court case dealt with free press.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
This supreme court case's outcome guaranteed free speech.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
What Court is below the court of appeals
Circuit Courts
What Landmark Supreme Court Case did the Supreme Court side with the school in their decision to restrict freedom of speech in the schools Newspaper
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
This is the group of laws that refer to disputes between people.
What is civil law?
This amendment implies that Americans enjoy basic rights not listed in the Constitution.
What is the 9th amendment?
This amendment sates that a person accused of a crime has the right to a prompt and public trial decided by a jury.
What is the 6th amendment?
What court is below the circuit court in the state court system
local court
What type of court system do we have
dual court system
What amendment grants states the right to create their own law
10th Amendment
These are written agreements with other countries and must be approved by 2/3 of Senate.
What are treaties?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?