The Bill of Rights
This First Amendment right lets citizens practice any religion they choose, or no religion at all.
What is freedom of religion?
This branch of government is headed by the President and is responsible for enforcing and carrying out laws.
What is the Executive branch?
This is the collective name for a group of ordinary citizens chosen to listen to a court case and decide the verdict.
What is a jury?
This type of rule only applies to people in a specific building or organization, like not wearing hats or not chewing gum.
What is a school rule?
This document is the supreme law of the United States and sets up the framework of the government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This amendment prevents the government from forcing citizens to house soldiers during peacetime.
What is the Third Amendment?
This branch includes Congress (the Senate and House of Representatives) and has the power to make new laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
This is the title given to the person or party who files a lawsuit or brings criminal charges against someone else.
What is the plaintiff/prosecutor?
This type of rule is created by a city, state, or national government and applies to everyone living in that community.
What is a law?
This is the age at which a United States citizen officially gains the legal right to vote in federal elections.
What is 18?
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and this action, which means taking private property.
Seizure (Taking of possessions)
This branch includes the Supreme Court and is responsible for interpreting laws and deciding if they match the Constitution.
What is the Judicial branch?
This is the official decision made by a jury at the end of a trial, declaring someone guilty or not guilty.
What is a verdict?
This word describes actions that are allowed by the law, while "illegal" describes actions that break the law.
What is legal?
This is the legal status of being an official member of a country, which comes with both rights and duties like voting.
What is citizenship?
This famous term means the government must treat everyone fairly and follow established legal rules before taking away life, liberty, or property.
What is due process?
This is the power of the President to refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming a law.
What is a veto?
This is the formal word for statements or declarations made by a witness under oath in a courtroom.
What is testimony?
This is the primary law enforcement officer responsible for upholding laws within a specific school building.
What is a School Resource Officer/Police Officer?
This type of law deals with disputes between private individuals or organizations, such as property damage, rather than crimes.
What is civil law?
The Eighth Amendment bans "cruel and unusual" punishments and prevents courts from setting these financial requirements excessively high to get out of jail before trial.
What is bail?
This is the specific system that stops any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This is a request made by a losing party to a higher court, asking them to review and change the decision of a lower court.
What is an appeal?
This is a minor law or regulation passed by a local city or town government, such as a curfew or a leash law.
What is an ordinance?
In criminal law, what is the assumption about the accused person going into the trial until proven otherwise?
Innocent/Innocent until proven guilty