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Amendments
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Federalism
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100
A change to the Constitution.
What is an Amendment?
100
The lowest court in Connecticut.
What is the Connecticut Trial Court?
100
Describes the functions of Congress.
What is Article One?
100
The two levels of government where power is distributed under Federalism.
What is Federal and State?
100
The name of the party that brings the case.
What is the Plaintiff?
200
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
The highest court in the land.
What is the US Supreme Court?
200
This branch of government nominates Justices for the Supreme Court.
What is the Executive Branch?
200
The powers that are shared between the Federal government and the State governments.
What are concurrent (shared) powers?
200
The name of the party who appeals at the Appellate level.
What is the Appellant?
300
Reads "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
Jim is unhappy with the decision of the Connecticut Court of Appeals. Where can he appeal to?
What is the Connecticut Supreme Court.
300
The concept that Congress is divided into two houses.
What is bicameralism?
300
The part of the Constitution explaining that the states have all the rights that are not delegated to the Federal government or prohibited to the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
300
The decision-maker at the trial court level.
What is the jury?
400
This thing must describe the place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized when law enforcement seeks to conduct a search.
What is a Warrant?
400
The decision of a Judge that causes a case to travel from the Connecticut Supreme Court to the Connecticut Trial Court for further findings on the facts.
What is a remand?
400
Congress passes a law. It is signed by the President. Two years later, there is confusion about the law. The House of Representatives issues a short YouTube video interpreting it. By interpreting this law, Congress is trying to take power from this branch.
What is the judiciary?
400
Congress passes a law that the school day must run from 8am until 8pm. The state of Connecticut thinks this is too long, and the Connecticut legislature passes a law declaring the the school day will only run from 11am until 2pm. This clause in the U.S. Constitution prevents Connecticut from passing its law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
400
The two type of issues the jury must consider in order to arrive at a verdict at the trial level.
What are issues of fact and issues of law?
500
In 2010, Krista is found not guilty of making and circulating fake money by a jury of her peers. One year later, a police officer finds new evidence that could convince a jury that Krista definitely made fake money in the 2010 case, so the officer files a new suit against Krista for the same 2010 incident. Krista refuses to go through with the trial because she is protected by this amendment to the Constitution.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
500
Congress passed a law prohibiting keeping exotic pets. Ricky has a rhinoceros in his room in Rhode Island. The state police kick in his door and arrest him (the rhino is fine). What court is Ricky brought to?
What is the United States District Court?
500
The Governor wants to make a law that says that no UConn basketball player has to pay taxes. The legislature doesn't think that he can do it unilaterally. This is the concept makes the legislature correct.
What is checks and balances (separation of powers)?
500
Connecticut has a statute that says that elections for the School Board will be on the first Tuesday in November. Congress passes a law stating that Connecticut's School Board elections must be held on New Years Day at 7am. This type of power that the states have will allow Connecticut to ignore Congress' law.
What is Reserved Powers?
500
Patrice is arrested for fishing without a fishing license. She admits that she would be breaking the law if she was fishing, but she argues that she wasn't fishing. Rather, she claims that she was trying to get her shoe using a stick. The jury decides that Patrice was fishing, and sentences her to a $50 fine. Patrice wants a different court to hear her argument that she wasn't fishing. This is the court she can go to.
What is there is no court she can go to?