Susette bought a house and spent years restoring it. She loves her home. One day, she gets a notice that the local government is taking her property in order to sell her land over to a private company, arguing that it can take Susette’s home since it will provide jobs & tax revenue.

Karl is arrested for shoplifting a candy bar from a grocery store. At trial, he is found guilty. The judge decides that the right punishment is 5 years in a prison labor camp.

Members of Congress are unhappy with students’ state standardized test scores. Congress passes a federal law that abolishes (gets rid of) local school boards and requires a national, standardized curriculum.

A public school principal smells smoke in the hallway, and believes it is coming from the girls’ bathroom. She walks into the bathroom and finds Suzy Greenburg standing by the sink. She suspects Suzy had been smoking, and demands to search her purse.

15 year old Suzy is a freshman in high school. She is an honor student and wants to join chorus. When she arrives at practice, the teacher informs her that a drug test is required if she plans to participate in any extracurricular activities. Suzy refuses and is barred from chorus.

Stare Decisis is latin for...

Which court is at the Federal (National) level of government? Its decisions affect the entire judicial system.

1972: President Nixon resigned (quit) before being impeached by the US Congress after the Watergate Scandal broke. Nixon was caught wiretapping the phones of his political rivals. What allows for the President to be impeached?

MMC: What are the THREE branches of government according to the Articles of the US Constitution?