5.2

Question 0

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Answer 0

A court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges. (Habeas Corpus in Latin means “you have the body”)

Question 1

Deficit

Answer 1

A condition in which government revenues are lower than expenses.

Question 2

Ex Post Facto Laws

Answer 2

Laws that criminalize an action that took place in the last and that was legal at that time; in Latin means “from after the fact”

Question 3

Bill of Attainer

Answer 3

A law that punishes a person without trial.

Question 4

Necessary and Proper Clause

Answer 4

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution. Which gives the national legislature the power to “make all laws that are necessary and proper” to exercise the powers granted by the Constitution; Elastic Clause.

Question 5

Subpoenas

Answer 5

Legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain matter.