Ch 1- Laws Defenitions

Question 0

Understanding law As a process not just as rules in a book

Answer 0

Law on the books, law in action

Question 1

Definite rules of human conduct a/ sanctions for enforcement

Answer 1

Laws

Question 2

Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech

Answer 2

First amendment

Question 3

Law that there is no law

Answer 3

Make no law

Question 4

Persons with interests or groups with interests

Answer 4

Stakeholders

Question 5

Each person or group with its own goals or interests

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Competing interests

Question 6

Court has authority over a case or territory

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Jurisdiction

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More than one court can hear a case

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Concurrent jurisdiction

Question 8

What is the point of the class?

Answer 8

The point of this class is to help form frameworks for decision making

Question 9

What is the role of the journalist?

Answer 9

The role of the journalist is to be a watchdog of the government

Question 10

What is civil liberty?

Answer 10

It is freedom to do something w/out gov’t restraint

Question 11

What are the branches of the separation of powers that are voted in?

Answer 11

These are the executive and the legislative

Question 12

What is democracy?

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It is the rule of the people , when people vote in an official

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What is sovereign ?

Answer 13

It is legitimate recognized authority

Question 14

Who is sovereign in this country ?

Answer 14

The people and the gov’t are sovereign they both have the right to exercise authority

Question 15

What is the Supremacy clause?

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It is that the constitution is the supreme law of the land above all others

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What is prior restraint ?

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Prior restraint is when the gov’t tries to stop / regulate speech before it occurs prior restraints are unlawful under the 1st amendment

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What is judicial review ?

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Courts interpret law such as 1st amendment and make rulings upholding. The constitution

Question 18

Stare (Star-ee ) desysis (de-sy-sis)

Answer 18

Let Decision stand this is binding precedent

Question 19

PREcedent

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A similar case that has happened before with similar facts that may be used to help decide a current case

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Legal stability legal change

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Sticking. With the same choices but if the facts change then it is adjusted

Question 21

What is the congress

Answer 21

Gov’t and govt actors

Question 22

What is the bill of rights?

Answer 22

It’s is the first 10 amendments to the constitution

Question 23

What society do we live in?

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We are living in the realm of civil liberty

Question 24

What is state action

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When govt tries to stop or regulate speech after the fact

Question 25

What is binding precedent

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Precedent that must be followed by because it is from a court with its own hierarchy and jurisdiction