Sources of Law Quiz

Laws can come from all of the following sources except?

• Constitutions
• Statutes
• Regulations
• Police Officers

A ________ is an interpretation of a law that is used in later trials.

• statute
• precedent
• criminal
• jury

What do we call the collection of laws passed by Congress?

• United States Jury
• United States Cases
• United States Bills
• United States Code

What gives Congress the power to pass laws for the country?

• state constitutions
• U.S. Constitution
• judges
• The President

The Supreme Law of our land

• Ordinance

• Regulation

• Statues

• Constitution

Laws created by Congress

• Ordinance

• Regulation

• Statues

• Constitution

Laws about what you can and cannot do on the city sidewalks would be an example of an __________________.

• Ordinance

• Statue

• Regulations

• Constitution

In a _______________ , one side complains that it has suffered because the other side has not followed the law properly.

• lawsuit

• crimesuit

Once the Supreme Court has decided how the law should be interpreted, that interpretation must be followed in the future.

• Civil

• Lawsuit

• Precedent

The "supreme law of the land" is

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Supreme Court

• Kansas Statutes