Supreme Court
Recognized a constitutional right to abortion.
The primary international organization responsible for maintaining global peace and security.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
A celebrity associated with a white Ford Bronco and a famous legal case.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
The first female Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Allowed unlimited political spending by corporations and unions, arguing it was free speech.
What is Citizens United v. FEC (2010)?
This treaty, signed in 1949, establishes the standards for humanitarian treatment during wartime.
What are the Geneva Conventions?
The amendment that protects the right to due process and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Elle Woods's dog in Legally Blonde.
Who is Bruiser Woods?
The term for a court order that requires someone to either do or refrain from doing a certain action.
What is an injunction?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
The primary judicial body of the United Nations that settles disputes between states.
What is the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
The legal doctrine that allows the government to take private property for public use with just compensation.
What is eminent domain?
In Suits, the character who acts as the senior partner and mentor to Harvey Specter.
Who is Louis Litt?
A formal written argument submitted to an appellate court by a party not directly involved in the case.
What is an amicus curiae brief?
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for criminal defendants.
What is Gideon v. Wainright (1963)?
This legal doctrine allows states to prosecute individuals for serious crimes against humanity, regardless of where the crime was committed.
What is universal jurisdiction?
The case that ruled that Congress cannot use the Commerce Clause to criminalize the possession of a firearm in a school zone, limiting federal power.
What is United States v. Lopez?
A famous musician who was sued for defamation after claiming in interviews that another artist had plagiarized his work.
Who is Kanye West?
A legal test established in Brandenburg v. Ohio which determines whether speech is protected under the First Amendment or constitutes incitement to violence.
What is the imminent lawless action test?
Confirmed the federal government's power over state governments through the necessary and proper clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?
The doctrine that allows a state to use military force without UN approval if it is acting in self defense against an armed attack.
What is Article 51 of the UN Charter?
This doctrine states that the Bill of Rights only applies to the federal government, not to state governments.
What is selective incorporation?
In 2007 Britney Spears was placed under ________, giving her father control over her finances and personal affairs.
What is conservatorship?
This 18th century jurist wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England, which heavily influenced American Law.
Who was William Blackstone?