GOVT - Unit 3: Establishing Justice and Protecting Rights

Best way for a citizen to challenge an “unconstitutional law”?

• Have the courts decide
• Ask your Governor to intervene
• Revolt against the government
• Request Congress to counter with a new law

How many amendments are in the “Bill of Rights”?

• 10
• 12
• 15
• 18

Provides specific freedoms to citizens and limit the powers of the government.

• Bill of Rights
• Judicial Review
• Congress
• Separation of Powers

Exists to help ensure no law enacted, or action take, by the other branches of government, or by lower courts, contradicts the U.S. Constitution.

• Bill of Rights
• Judicial Review
• Congress
• Popular Sovereignty

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Assembly, and Freedom of Petition.

• 1st Amendment
• 2nd Amendment
• 3rd Amendment
• 4th Amendment

No state could “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• 4th Amendment
• 7th Amendment
• 10th Amendment
• 14th Amendment

Power is divided between the national and state/local governments; limiting central power.

• Limited Government
• Check and Balances
• Federalism
• Individual Rights

Government is required to enforce the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens.

• Law Protection
• Citizen Protection
• Equal Protection
• Individual Protection

The right to hold public meetings and form associations without interference by the government.

• Freedom of Assembly
• Freedom of Appeals
• Freedom of Discretion
• Freedom of Regulations

What is the Maryland Appellate courts?

• “Court of Certiorari” (aka Processing Court)
• “Court of Congress” (aka Congress Court)
• “Court of Appeals” (aka State Supreme Court)
• “Court of Decision” (aka Laws of the Court)