Law Enforcement
What is the reading of a suspects Rights called?
What are Miranda Rights
Who is the person responsible for deciding legal issues and overseeing courtroom preceedings.
What is a Judge.
This type of law deals with disputes between individuals, businesses, or organizations rather than crimes against the state.
What is Civil law.
What USSC case ruled that the Virginia Military Institute was unconstitutional for only admitting men?
What is US v Virginia.
A less serious crime, punishable by less than one year in jail and a fine is a ____.
What is a Misdemeanor.
What agency investigates federal crimes and threats to national security?
What is the FBI.
Who determines the innocence or guilt in most criminal trials?
What is the jury.
A person who brings a lawsuit in a civil case is called the ____.
What is the Plaintiff.
What is the First.
A serious crime, punishable by imprisonment for more than one year is a ____.
What is a felony.
What law enforcement officer is usually the first to respond to emergency calls and patrol communities?
What is a Police Officer.
What is the highest court in the United States.
What is The Supreme Court of the United States.
The person or party being sued in a civil case is called the ____.
What is the defendant.
In the case of Frontiero v Richardson, what is it that female service members had to prove to get spousal support, but male service members just received without proof?
What is financial dependence from their spouse.
What is the unlawful killing of another person with malice afterthought?
What is Murder.
What is the standard that police need to make an arrest?
What is Probable Cause.
What is the prosecutors role in a criminal case.
Most Civil cases don't have this, but it is a guaranteed right to have this in a fair criminal trial.
What is a Jury.
In the case of JEB v Alabama ex rel TB, lawyers tried to remove these types of jurors from the jury.
What are male jurors.
In a criminal case, the burden of proof in a trial is ____.
What is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.
What do the police need signed by a judge that allows them to search a location for evidence?
What is a search warrant.
What is the term for a formal statement charging someone with a crime?
What is an indictment
What is the most common remedy awarded in civil cases?
What are Monetary Damages.
In the case Bostock v Clayton county, employees were fired because they were gay or transgender. The workers argued that being fired violated this.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This amendment protects individuals from unlawful searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment.