CONSTITUTION CONCEPTS
This US document comprises the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This beef took the internet by storm this past summer, leading to the creation of several diss tracks from both sides
What is the Drake v. Kendrick beef?
This 2001 film features Reese Witherspoon as a fashion-obsessed sorority girl who gets into Harvard Law School and ends up proving her legal prowess
What is Legally Blonde?
The year in which UC Merced was established (hint: next year marks 20th anniversary!)
When was 2005?
This is the formal examination of evidence and arguments before a judge
Trial
This amendment, ratified in 1791, guarantees freedoms such as speech, religion, and the press
What is the First Amendment?
This aritist had a massive summer with the release of her new album, causing the world to dub it "brat summer"
Who is Charlie XCX?
This prequel features small-time attorney Jimmy Mcgill as he tries to make a name for himself in Albuquerque, before he would eventually represent Walter White himself.
What is Better Call Saul?
The official colors of not only UC Merced, but every campus within the UC System.
What are Blue and Gold?
the person who brings a case against another in a court of law
Plaintiff
This amendment often protects individuals from self-incrimination and is the first sentence of the Miranda Rights when getting arrested
What is the 5th amendment?
What is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games?
This long-running TV series follows the lives of detectives and prosecutors in New York City as they solve and prosecute high-profile criminal cases
What is Law & Order?
This body of water on campus is a remnant of the golf course which used to stand where our campus is today
What is Little Lake?
The person or party who is being accused or sued in a court of law
Defendant
This amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This artist had a breakout summer with her hit singles "Expresso" and "Please Please Please", leading into the release of her new album only about two weeks ago
Who is Sabrina Carpenter?
This TV show revolves around a brilliant college dropout who starts working as a lawyer despite never having attended law school, thanks to the help of a top attorney with a sharp suit and an even sharper mind
What is Suits?
The UC Merced campus was chosen for it's backdrop of this large unique body of water that sit's north of Campus
What is Lake Yosemite?
A legal term for a document that compels a person to provide testimony or produce evidence, often under threat of legal penalties
Subpoena
This principle, introduced in Marbury v. Madison, allows courts to review and invalidate laws or government actions that are found to be unconstitutional
What is judicial review/checks and balances?
This power couple announced their divorce following 2 years of marriage, however this was not the first time the two split.
What is the Jennifer Lopez Ben Affleck divorce?
Following his father's chronic lying, this Jim Carrey comedy has his son make a wish that forces him to tell nothing but the truth, right before he has to argue a career-defining case
What is Liar Liar?
The best club on campus
What is Merced Pre-Law Society?
This Latin term means "to let the decision stand" and refers to the principle of adhering to precedent
What is stare decisis?