Bill of Rights
This amendment protects your right to speak freely and practice any religion
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is the supreme law of the United States.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
This 1803 case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The 4th Amendment protects you against this.
What is unreasonable search and seizure?
The 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote.
What are women?
Criminal law deals with crimes against society, while this type of law deals with disputes between people.
What is civil law?
A court that first hears a case has this type of jurisdiction.
What is original jurisdiction?
This 1954 case declared that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment gives you the right to a fair trial and a lawyer.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
The 24th Amendment banned this, which had been used to prevent poor people from voting.
What is a poll tax?
The Florida Constitution can be amended more easily than the U.S. Constitution because this group can vote on amendments.
What are voters (or the people)?
This power allows courts to strike down laws if they violate the Constitution
What is judicial review?
In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that police must inform suspects of their rights. These are now called _____.
What are Miranda Rights?
The 5th Amendment protects you from having to testify against yourself. This is called _____.
What is self-incrimination?
To ratify an amendment, you need approval from this fraction of the states.
What is 3/4 (or three-fourths)?
Name two differences between the U.S. Constitution and the Florida Constitution
What are: The U.S. Constitution is shorter/the Florida Constitution is longer; the U.S. Constitution is harder to amend/the Florida Constitution is easier to amend; the U.S. Constitution creates federal government/the Florida Constitution creates state government; etc.?
The U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal, and U.S. Supreme Court make up this system
What is the federal judicial system (or U.S. court system)?
This 1963 case established that defendants have the right to a free lawyer if they cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Name two rights protected by the 8th Amendment and another amendment from the Bill of Rights.
What is protection against cruel and unusual punishment (8th) and any right from the Bill of Rights
List three of the six amendments that broadened participation in the political process.
What are the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments?
These are the four sources of law in the United States.
What are constitutional law, statutory law, common law, and administrative law?
Name two functions of the judicial branch.
What are: interpret laws, apply laws, protect rights, and/or conduct judicial review? (Any two correct)
Name two landmark Supreme Court cases and explain their impact on law and liberty
Any of the Courts and why