This type of rules & regulations are ones that government agencies of the executive branch must issue to carry out duties.

Which type of law involves military & diplomatic treaties, trade regulations, and agreements between countries?

Which of the following influenced the development of the American legal system?

Police officers do not decide if a person is guilty or not. Which of the following also represents an action they are not responsible for?

A search warrant can be issued

John earned a degree in psychology while in prison and upon his release opened a counseling center for troubled teens. Which goal of punishment was most successful in John’s case?

Citizen’s right to fair and equal treatment in the court of law.

Which is NOT an example of an issue that might warrant the filing of a civil case?

Early release from prison

Court you would go to if you sued someone

The purpose of this is to allow those waiting for trial to go home.

When an accused person pleads guilty to a lesser crime in order to get a lighter sentence

Which landmark Supreme Court ruling ruled that juveniles have the same rights as adults in criminal court proceedings?

If an accused person asks for a trial by jury, the trial must be speedy, public, and

Which U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that school-sponsored activities and publications could be censored despite the guarantees of the First Amendment?

In the Supreme Court case of United States vs. Nixon, the president of the United States was ordered to turn over evidence to prosecutors and established that executive privilege cannot be used to conceal a crime. Which of the following concepts does this case exemplify?

Plessy v. Ferguson established what principle that was later overturned by the 1954 Brown v Board decision?

Which Supreme Court decision has resulted in police reading all suspects their rights when they are arrested?

Type of law that deals with monetary disputes between individuals

What case did the Court use to say that all suspects must be represented by an attorney at all criminal trials?

What is Judicial Review?

Which amendment is often used in court to prove that a person is not being treated equally, as was the case in Brown v Board of Education?

Supreme Court ruling in 1944, that under war time conditions, people could be put in internment camps.

Supreme Court ruling in 1919, if someone’s speech presents a “Clear and Present Danger” to society, limitations can be placed on their freedoms.

Supreme Court case in 1857, where the court ruled that slaves were property and had no rights as a citizen...and that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories as the Fifth Amendment guaranteed slave owners could not be deprived of their property without due process of law.

In 1819, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously reaffirming the Supremacy Clause, saying that states had no right to tax the federal government.

This 1962 Supreme Court case said that making students say prayers in New York public schools violated the concept of separation of church and state and was therefore unconstitutional.

The case of Marbury v. Madison established what principle?