Types of Law
This type of law refers to the government enforcing the laws, by bringing charges against someone who has been accused of committing a crime.
What is criminal law?
This case challenged due process in regard to Juveniles who have committed a crime
What is In Re Gault?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Issues an enslaved African American, a citizen with the right to sue in federal court? After living in a free state and territory was the slave a free man? Decision: Slaves don't have rights and are considered property.
What is Dred Scott v Sanford?
This type of law deals with the distribution of power, along with the interpretation and application of the US Constitution
What is constitutional law?
This case established that not even the president is above the law "Rule of Law"
What is U.S. vs Nixon?
This case is based around the 5th Amendment and the right to remain silent
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This type of law involves a legal dispute between two or more parties
What is civil law?
This case is when the Supreme Court ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This case Limited the power of the president and the scope of a President's use of executive privilege; this case is about rule of law-NO ONE is above the law
What is United States v. Nixon?
This type of law deals with court-martials and disciplinary proceedings and applies ONLY to members of the armed forces
What is military law?
This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and made segregation based on race illegal in schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This case limited first amendment in schools. It gave school officials the right to limit student speech in some circumstances.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
Law written by the legislative branch of government
What is statutory law?
This case focused on the interpretation of the constitution, due to this man's desire to be a Supreme Court Judge
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This case involved a man who was 1/8 black that tried to sit in the front of a railway car; it established the "separate but equal" doctrine
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?