Final

Question 1

Dred Scott v Sanford

Answer 1

Supreme court Case that decided slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens

Question 2

13th Amendment

Answer 2

Abolished Slavery

Question 3

14th Amendment

Answer 3

All those born in the US are citizens, and are entitled to equal protection and due process

Question 4

15th Amendment

Answer 4

US cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

Question 5

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 5

Laws dedicated to keeping blacks and whites separate

Question 6

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 6

Established the separate but equal doctrine

Question 7

Literacy Test

Answer 7

A test given to test literacy that mostly succeeded in keeping black people from voting

Question 8

Grandfather Clause

Answer 8

If your grandfather was registered to vote in the state before 1867 then you were automatically registered.

Question 9

Poll taxes

Answer 9

A taxation on the right to vote. Effected black and poor people the most

Question 10

judicial review

Answer 10

The power of a court to review laws or governmental regulations.

Question 11

adversary system

Answer 11

A judicial system where the court of law is a neutral arena for two parties to argue out their differences

Question 12

criminal law

Answer 12

defines crimes against the public order

Question 13

Civil law

Answer 13

A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights.

Question 14

prosecutor

Answer 14

Government lawyer who tries criminal cases. Also known as District Attorney

Question 15

defendant

Answer 15

the person or party accused of a crime

Question 16

plea bargain

Answer 16

Where the defendant admits to a lesser offense, to avoid being convicted of a greater one.

Question 17

Justiciable dispute

Answer 17

a dispute about a case that is more of an argument than actual crime, but can still be settled by legal methods

Question 18

plantiff

Answer 18

The part insitgating a civil law suit

Question 19

U.S, Attorney General

Answer 19

The chief law enforcement officer

Question 20

Solicitor general

Answer 20

Person responsible for representing the US before the supreme court.

Question 21

Public Defender system

Answer 21

The system that appoint pro bono lawyers for defendants

Question 22

district courts

Answer 22

court where criminal and civil cases are held first.

Question 23

circuit court of appeals

Answer 23

courts where you appeal decisions from lower courts.

Question 24

Supreme court

Answer 24

the head bitch of courts

Question 25

Original jurisdiction

Answer 25

Authority of a court to hear a case “in the first instance”

Question 26

Appellate jurisdiction

Answer 26

The second go round for the courts where they review the decision from the original jurisdiction

Question 27

Precedent

Answer 27

A ruling made by a higher court that applies to all other courts

Question 28

Writ of habeas corpus

Answer 28

They have to tell prisoners why they’re being taken into custody.

Question 29

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 29

President tells senators of new people they’re appointing to work in their states

Question 30

judicial activism

Answer 30

a view point that justices should interpret the constitution to reflect current conditions and values

Question 31

Judicial restraint

Answer 31

The view point that justices should interpret the constitution the way the framers intended it.

Question 32

Writ of certiorari

Answer 32

A formal writ to bring a case before the supreme court.

Question 33

Informa pauperis

Answer 33

I am just a poor boy!!! and I can’t pay for legal fees!!!

Question 34

docket

Answer 34

the list of cases the supreme court is to oversee

Question 35

amicus curiae brief

Answer 35

a literal friend of the court. A request to present arguments along with those presented by the immediate parties to a case

Question 36

Opinion of the court

Answer 36

an explanation of a Supreme court ruling

Question 37

dissenting opinion

Answer 37

a opinion that disagrees with the majority decision of the supreme court

Question 38

Concurring Opinion

Answer 38

An opinon that agrees with the majority in a Supreme court ruling but differs in reasoning

Question 39

Stare decisis

Answer 39

The rule of precedent. the keep that same energy clause. Judges have to answer the same when a previously answer question comes up

Question 40

bad tendency test

Answer 40

A way of reading the First Amendment that allows the government to repress free speech, when it encourages people to illegal actions

Question 41

Civil disobedience

Answer 41

deliberately breaking the law as an act of rebellion against an unjust law or system of laws

Question 42

Clear and Present danger test

Answer 42

A way of reading the first amendment that allows the government to limit free speech, when the speech presents a clear and present danger of evil or illegal acts

Question 43

Commercial Speech

Answer 43

Advertisements. They receive less first amendment protection to prevent false claim

Question 44

Content neutrality

Answer 44

laws that apply to all kinds of speech

Question 45

double jeopardy

Answer 45

Being tried for the same crime twice.

Question 46

due process

Answer 46

Establish rules and regulations that restrain government officials

Question 47

due process clause

Answer 47

In the fifth amendment, similar to 14th amendment prohibiting state gov’t from conviction without due process

Question 48

eminent domain

Answer 48

The power of the government to take private property if they give you compensation

Question 49

Establishment Clause

Answer 49

1st amendment clause. Gov’t cannot establish an official religion

Question 50

ex post facto law

Answer 50

retroactively criminalizes and act