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What are primary laws?
Rules that directly control behavior.
Conflict.
Tyrannical.
Purpose of formal contracts?
Court can enforce formalized contracts.
How many amendments are in the bill of rights?
10
What are secondary laws?
Rules about rules.
What are factions?
Groups based on difference in society (ex. political parties)
Who does the constitution serve?
The rich elite.
What is a contract?
Two parties bargaining for something, with consent from both parties
Name a right given to criminal defendants in the constitution?
Right to remain silent
Confront witnesses
Public Trial
Jury Trial
Speedy Trial
Representation by an attorney
Adequate representation by your attorney
Not be tried twice
What gives Rex II the right to rule?
Internalizing the law.
How do we overcome factions and conflict?
Centralized government
Missing piece of the constitution?
Bill of Rights
Agreements you must enter before you have access to content or services.
How many amendments total have been made to the constitution?
27
What are examples of secondary laws and internalizing rules working together?
Creating courts, creating government, structuring the legislative.
How do we prevent the federal government from overpowering the people?
Pit the branches against each other- checks and balances.
How to offset corrupt politicans?
Force them to be connected to their local communities.
Give one reason why people don't read boilerplate contracts?
Cost/benefit analysis
Just world bias
Overconfidence
Importance of consent
Name all 5 rights in the first amendment
Speech
Religion
Association
Press
Protest
Examples of people internalizing morally neutral rules outside of law?
Uno, Cribbage, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan- board games/games generally.
What was their reason to not have a bill of rights?
Constitution itself is a bill of rights- this kind of government will not intrude on individual liberties.
Government should look exactly like the community of people who support it.
Give one outcome of a world with boilerplate contracts?
Lower cost of goods and services
Increased power of business and decreased individual rights
Weakened democracy- your voice is meaningless
Name all 9 Supreme Court Justices
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett
Ketanji Brown Jackson