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Rules and regulations made and enforced by government
What is law?
100
In a trial, the person accused of doing wrong is the...
What is the defendant?
100
This document provides the framework for our entire system of laws.
What is the Constitution
100
Which of the following is NOT a value that our laws are based upon: MORAL, ECONOMIC, GOVERNMENTAL, POLITICAL, or SOCIAL.
What is Governmental
100
Another term for "lawsuit" is...
What is Civil Action
200
Laws that are enacted by legislatures are called...
What are statutes?
200
In the criminal justice system, this person represents the government and brings charges against the defendant.
What is the prosecutor
200
This is the division of lawmaking power among the three branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers
200
Requiring citizens to pay taxes is based on what type of value?
What is economic?
200
These are rights that people have just because they are human beings.
What are human rights or natural rights?
300
The division of lawmaking power among the three branches of government
What is Separation of Powers
300
In a civil trial, this person claims to have been harmed and initiates the civil suit.
What is the plaintiff?
300
Within 10 years, how old is the US Constitution?
What is 230 years? (Correct answer: any answers from 220-240)
300
Laws providing all students in the US with free public education through high school are based on what type of value?
What is Social?
300
These crimes are punishable by a year or more in prison.
What are Felonies
400
When judges interpret an unclear law to determine what lawmakers meant.
What is legislative intent?
400
True or False: Our legal system is designed to represent the will of the minority.
What is False
400
True or False: an amendment to the Constitution can be added by the Supreme Court.
What is False
400
The law allows voters to use mail-in ballots. What value is this based on?
What is Political
400
These crimes are punishable by up to a year in jail.
What are misdemeanors?
500
What is an addition to the Constitution called?
What is an amendment
500
True or False: Our legal system is designed to protect basic human rights.
What is True
500
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are known as the...
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
In most states, Prostitution is against the law. What value is this based on?
What is Moral?
500
This portion of the Constitution states "the Constitution and the Laws of the United States shall by the supreme law of the land."
What is the Supremacy Clause