Rule of Law

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
Every state sent representatives to help write the U.S. Constitution, and all of those representatives signed the Constitution when it was finished.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that states must give everyone "equal protection of the laws."

• Equal Application of the Law
• Legitimacy
• Procedural Fairness
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that people accused of a crime have the right to have a lawyer help them defend themselves.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution says one goal of the Constitution is to make sure our country is secure and peaceful.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Equal Application of the Law
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The U.S. Constitution splits the government's power between a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch.

• Access to Justice
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Procedual Fairness

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The U.S. Constitution says that people accused of a crime have the right to a "speedy" trial.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Equal Application of the Law
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
In the case Marbury V. Madison in 1803, the Supreme Court said that the judicial branch has the power to strike down laws that violate the Constitution, even though another branch of government passed that law.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
Congress has created the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which lists the procedures that must be followed in every criminal case.

• Order and Security
• Procedural Fairness
• Equal Application of the Law
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
The U.S. Constitution did not become the law of our nation until nine states approved it.

• Procedural Fairness
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Access to Justice

Which rule of law factor best describes this statement:
Every state has laws that say children must go to school until a certain age.

• Order and Security
• Legitimacy
• Checks and Balances
• Access to Justice