GP4 Logic Test Flashcards
Everyone has the right to not self-incriminate, but nobody should have the right to commit perjury!
Straw man
Syllabus
Summary of Supreme Court decision
Power of judiciary and judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
Power of taxation
McCulloch v. Maryland
Ability for black person to sue
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Miranda v. Arizona
Established Miranda rights
Presidents power to issue orders
Youngstown sheet and tube co v. Sawyer
Yarborough v. Alvarado
Minors aren’t to be held to a different standards when it comes to Miranda rights
Age doesn’t matter
Something that is an application is a motion. Therefore, since it was a motion, it is also an application
Affirming the consequent
Engel v. Vitale
NY authorizes prayer before school; found to be a violation of 1st amendment
Desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of education
Morse v. Frederick
Student holds up a banner promoting drug use and is suspended; court says this isn’t a violation of 1st amendment
Dickerson v. US
Voluntary confessions can’t be used in court if Miranda rights weren’t read
Due to a foot injury, Bradshaw started to receive severe headaches, and should be compensated for those headaches
Post hoc
Tinker v. Des Moines
Students wear black arm bands to school and are suspended; suspension violated first amendment
Something that qualifies as a crime can also qualify as negligence. However, since this was not a crime, it cannot be negligence
Denying the antecedent
Goss v. Lopez
Students given long suspensions from school without s hearing; not having a hearing is a violation of due process in 14th amendment
Board of Education v. Pico
School removes inappropriate books from libraries; removing books violate 1st amendment
New Jersey v. TLO
Student accused of smoking has purse searched; search didn’t violate 4th amendment right to unwarranted searches and seizures
Bethel school district v. Fraser
Fraser makes inappropriate speech in front of students and is suspended; not a violation of 1st amendment
Santa Fe independent school district v. Doe
Students pray before football game; found to violate 1st amendment
Board of education v. Earls
Students participating in extracurricular activities are required to take drug test; doesn’t violate 4th amendment to unwarranted search and seizure
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Ohio provided tuition assistance which could have been used to go yo a private religious school; doesn’t violate 1st amendment
Grutter v. Bollinger
School uses race as s factor on making admissions decisions; not a violation of equal protection clause of 14th amendment
Roper v. Simmons
A minor is sentenced to death; seen as unusual and cruel punishment
I have not tried to deceive you. In my role as an Assistant US Attorney, my job is to uphold the law.
Appeal to false authority
I tried to have the venue moved, but the defense is doing it also
Tu quoque
Stare decisis
Precedent- using past decisions to influence future decisions
Defense is hypocritical
Defense is unlearned in the law
Ad hominem
Polysyllogism
Multiple syllogisms used together to make a general conclusion
Holding
Answer to question
Hazelwood school district v. Kuhlmeier
School censors few articles from newspaper; this is not found to violate 1st amendment
