Chapter 4

Question 1

Judicial activism

Answer 1

New case represented

-same sex marriage

Question 2

Probable cause

Answer 2

Valid reason for police search

Question 3

Gideon v Wainwright

Answer 3

Allowed the poor the right to an attorney

Question 4

Marbury v Madison

Answer 4

Case that applied judicial review

Congress overrides constitution

Question 5

Engel v Vital

Answer 5

Prayer is school should not be written or conducted in public schools

Question 6

Establishment Clause

Answer 6

Prohibits governor from setting up a national religion

Question 7

Korematsu v US

Answer 7

You loose your rights if it is a time of “war time measures”

Question 8

Dred Scott v Stanford

Answer 8

Dred Scott was a slave who was moved into free territory

Court ruled he wasn’t free cause he wasn’t a US citizen

Question 9

Writ of Mandamus

Answer 9

Document that orders a public official to perform certain duties

Question 10

Plea Bargain

Answer 10

Process by which an accused person agrees to plead guilty for a less serious crime

Question 11

Quota

Answer 11

Amount constituting a proportional share

Question 12

Regents of UC v Bakke

Answer 12

A admission can’t be based on race

Only for public schools

Question 13

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 13

Separate is equal if conditions are the same

This allowed segregation

Question 14

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 14

Increased jurisdiction of Supreme Court

Question 15

Miranda v Arizona

Answer 15

People must be read their rights

Question 16

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 16

Proved Plessy b Ferguson is wrong

That separation isn’t equal

Question 17

Libel

Answer 17

Intentional injury to a person’s reputation (written)