Common Law Tradition & Structure Flashcards
What Is the highest source of law for the federal government?
What is the highest source of law for a state government?
What is sovereignty?
May the federal government either abolish a state or reduce its territory without the states permission?
Are the rights of the people only those listed in the US Constitution?
What are dual sovereigns?
Why do we analyze judicial decisions?
Describe the convention for tilting cases?
How do you figure out which court wrote an opinion?
Which part of a judicial decision creates new law?
What is a precedent?
How does the contract clause limit state power?
How does the 5th amendment limit government power?
Does 2nd amendment apply to the states?
May states make treaties?
Which branch of government has the power to make laws?
Name the only court specifically created by the US constitution
What is an executive order?
Define the term plaintiff and explain the role
Define the term defendant and their role
Define the term intervenor and explain their role
What is amicus curiae?
Do appellate courts hear testimony or take new evidence?
What does it mean for a defendant to be served with process?
What is a cross-complaint?
How is personal jurisdiction established?
What makes a case moot?
What makes a case ripe?
Written Interrogations
Depositions
Requests for information/physical evidence
Electronic discovery
Define the principle of stare decisis
