Constitutional Principles
Equal Protection under the law...
What is 14th Amendment?
Case correlated with criminal defendants provided an attorney if they cannot afford one
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Recap Key details of Brown v. Board
What is landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ?
The constitutional guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair and that one will be given notice and an opportunity to be heard.
What is Due Process ?
The document outlined the first form of government for the United States
What is Articles of Confederation ?
rights of the Accused...
What is 5 & 6 Amendment?
Case correlated with segregation in schools being unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board ?
Recap Key details of Dred Scott v. Sanford
What is U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. ?
The 14th Amendment clause stating that no state shall deny any person equal protection under the law.
What is Equal Protection ?
The phrase means that all citizens are accountable to the law
What is Rule of Law?
the power of U.S. courts to examine and invalidate government actions ...
What is the Judicial Review ?
Case correlated to law enforcement officals must read person rights when being arrested...
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Recap Key details of Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. ?
Defendant is ...
What is the person against whom a claim is made. In a civil case, the person being sued. In a criminal case, the person charged with committing a crime. ?
The goal of the Preamble to U.S. Constitution states that the government should be a better union of states than the one created under the Articles of Confederation
What is Form a more perfect union ?
Freedom of the Press
What is 1st Amendment?
Case correlated to allowing Judicial Branch declaring laws unconstitutional ...
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Recap Key details of In re Gault
What is U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that juvenile defendants are entitled to Due Process under the 14th Amendment. The Court ruled that juveniles must be afforded key procedural rights, including timely notice of charges, right to counsel, right to confront witnesses, and protection against self-incrimination. ?
In a civil case, the injured party who brings legal action against the alleged wrongdoer.
What is Plaintiff ?
The main argument the Federalists used to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution?
What is The need for a stronger central government?
what case is correlated with Executive Privilege/Rule of Law?
What is United States v. Nixon?
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
What is landmark Supreme Court case ruling that a president's "executive privilege" is not absolute, unanimously ordering President Richard Nixon to release tape recordings regarding the Watergate scandal to a federal court ?
how many supreme court justices are there, who nominates them?
9, president of the United of states
What is
1. Congress had no power to tax
2. No regulation of commerce / trade
3. No enforcement of laws (no executive branch)
4. No national court system (no judicial branch)
5. No central leadership / President
6. No national armed forces
7. Amending the Articles required a unanimous vote of all 13 states ?