chapter four five and sixteen

Question 1

The first amendment

Answer 1

Freedom of speech press and religion assembly and petition

Question 2

The second amendment

Answer 2

The right to keep and bear arms

Question 3

Third amendment

Answer 3

No quartering of troops

Question 4

Fourth amendment

Answer 4

Unreasonable searches and seizure protection against these RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Question 5

Fifth amendment

Answer 5

Protects against self-incrimination double jeopardy and due process as well as grand jury

Question 6

Six amendment

Answer 6

Right to a speedy trial right to an impartial jury and right to a lawyer

Question 7

Seventh amendment

Answer 7

Common law right of trial by jury

Question 8

Eighth amendment

Answer 8

No excessive bail’s fines or cruel and unusual punishment

Question 9

Ninth amendment

Answer 9

Protech’s rights not specifically said in the constitution

Question 10

10th Amendment

Answer 10

The powers not delegated to the US are reserved to the states

Question 11

Civil liberties

Answer 11

The legal constitutional protections against the government

Question 12

Civil rights

Answer 12

Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by the government and individuals

Question 13

Selective incorporation

Answer 13

A constitutional doctrine that ensures states cannot enact laws that take away the constitutional rights of American citizens the federal government limiting states lawmaking powers

Question 14

which of amendment to the Constitution allows for selective incorporation

Answer 14

The 14th amendment

Question 15

The only amendment not fully incorporated onto the states

Answer 15

5th Amendment

Question 16

What did the civil rights act of 1964 accomplish

Answer 16

It made racial discrimination in public places illegal

Forbade discrimination in employment on the basis of race gender or color or national origin as well as religion

Created the equal employment opportunity commission

Question 17

Affirmative action

Answer 17

An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination especially in relation to the employment or education

Question 18

What kinds of speech are not protected by the First Amendment

Answer 18

Obscenity, defamation and fighting words

Question 19

Senatorial courtesy

Answer 19

Unwritten tradition whereby nomination for senate level federal judicial post are not confirmed if they are opposed by senator from the state in which the nominee will serve

Question 20

Standing to sue

Answer 20

And the requirement the plaintiffs have a serious interest in any case they would have to have a direct is substantial injury from a party

Question 21

Original jurisdiction

Answer 21

The jurisdiction of courts that hear a case first

Question 22

Appellate jurisdiction

Answer 22

The jurisdiction of courts that hear cases brought to them on appeal from lower courts

Question 23

Writ of Certiorari

Answer 23

It is a formal document calling off the case that is usually in the lower federal and state courts

Question 24

What did the Judiciary act of 1789 establish

Answer 24

The additional Constitutional courts

Question 25

Judicial review and what Supreme Court case established his power

Answer 25

The power of the courts to determine whether an act of the legislative or executive are constitutional Marbury versus Madison established this power

Question 26

What is judicial restraint and what is judicial activism

Answer 26

Judicial restraint is a philosophy in which judges play minimal policymaking role on the other hand judicial activism is a philosophy in which judges make bold policy decisions

Question 27

Criminal law

Answer 27

The government charges an individual was violating a specific law

Question 28

Civic law

Answer 28

The court resolve a dispute between two parties and defined the relationship between them

Question 29

US Supreme Court the type of cases they hear

Answer 29

Conflict among states and national supremacy in law

Question 30

Court of Appeals the types of cases they hear

Answer 30

Review final decisions of the district court and appeals to order of many federal regulation agencies

Question 31

District courts the type of cases they hear

Answer 31

Federal crimes civil suit under federal law and maritime law

Question 32

commercial speech

Answer 32

Communication in the form of advertising. And it is restricted more than any other type of speech

Question 33

Establishment clause

Answer 33

The government cannot make a law establishing a religion

Question 34

Exclusionary rule

Answer 34

The rule that evidence cannot be introduced into a trial if it was not constitutionally obtained

Question 35

Gideon versus Wainwright

Answer 35

Everyone has a right to in attorney even if they are poor

Question 36

libel

Answer 36

The publication of false or malicious statements that damage someone’s reputation

Question 37

Prior restraint

Answer 37

Government preventing material from being published

Question 38

The three participants and judicial system

Answer 38

Litigants groups and attorneys

Question 39

Amicus curiae briefs

Answer 39

Legal briefs submitted by a friend of the court

Question 40

what is considered obscene

Answer 40

it encourages an excessive interest in sex

it is patently offensive in terms of sexual conduct

lacked literary artistic political or scientific value