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The first 10 amendments.

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What is the Bill of Rights?

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Workhorses of the federal judiciary system

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What district courts?

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Issues indictments in federal

criminal cases.

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What is a grand jury?

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When a court has the “right” to hear a case first.

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What is original jurisdiction?

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What is appellate jurisdiction?

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Officially called the Opinion of the Court

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What is Majority Opinion?

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Written explanation of one or more judges who disagree with a decision reached by the majority

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What is Dissenting Opinion?

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Most cases heard by the Supreme Court are cases dealing with this constitutional issue

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What are Civil liberties?

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According to the Constitution, which is correct: 1. 2.

Government cannot draw distinctions between people. No person can be denied equal protection of the laws

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What is “No person can be denied equal protection of the laws”?

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True or false: A person is guaranteed the right to media coverage for their trial

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What is false?

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Under this rule a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime.

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What is double jeopardy?

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Illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in a federal court.

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What is the exclusionary rule?

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Federal officers who make arrests and secure jurors?

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Who are federal marshals?

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When judges travel to hold court in assigned regions is called…

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What is riding the circuit?

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This amendment forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

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What is the Amendment?

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A case involving a non-criminal matter.

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Inflicts punishment without a court trial

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What is bill of attainder?

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Blanket search warrant (as in a warrant for every house on a street)

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What is writ of assistance?

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The government must create fair policies and laws.

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What is substantive due process?

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This clause – be specific – guarantees each person may believe whatever he or she chooses to believe regarding religion.

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What is the Free Exercise Clause?

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This term means “friend of the court” and is a legal opinion in the form of a brief.

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What is amicus curiae?

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A person can obtain this if they are held in jail for several days without a hearing.

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What is a writ of habeas corpus?

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Individuals cannot be tried for violations of these – acts committed before the passage of laws.

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What is an ex post facto law?

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An order by the Court directing a lower court to send up the record in a given case for its review.

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What is writ of certiorari?

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This term means “let the decision stand” and is often associated with legal precedents.

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What is stare decisis?

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Federal judges in Constitutional Courts obtain their positions this way and serve for this length of time

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What is appointed by president and confirmed by the senate…they serve for life?