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| Which Article of the Constitution created the federal judiciary? |
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| How many justices currently serve on the Supreme Court? |
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| In which court do cases generally begin? |
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| A writ of _________ is a request submitted to the U.S. |
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| For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, a minimum of how many justices must vote to hear the case |
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| What is the name given to the power of the courts to interpret, and overturn, the actions of the executive and legislative branches? |
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| Federal judges are appointed to __________ terms |
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| The authority to be the first court to hear a case is which type of jurisdiction? |
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| Only a(n) __________ court can review the decisions of a lower court. |
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| Civil liberties are __________ that the government cannot take away |
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| The Bill of Rights is made up of the first __________ amendments to the U.S. Constitution. |
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| which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion |
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| Which rule bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial? |
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| Selective incorporation makes the protections from the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which amendment? |
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| Article I of the Constitution prohibits ______________, which make an act punishable as a crime even if the act was legal when it was committed. |
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| A false written statement is __________; the same statement spoken aloud is __________. |
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| The free exercise clause guarantees that the national government will not interfere with _____________ |
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| In 2004, the Supreme Court ruled that detainees have a right to ____________. |
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| The doctrine of prior restraint prevents the government from prohibiting speech or publication __________. |
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| 21. Convicted criminals whose sentences increase during their prison term due to a change in the law have been illegally subjected to what kind of law? |
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| The double jeopardy clause prevents an individual who is acquitted of a crime from ____________________ |
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| The Sixth Amendment sets out basic requirements for which type of due process? |
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| What type of due process protects citizens from arbitrary or unjust state or federal laws? |
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| Miranda rights include the right to ______________ |
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| The "right to remain silent" is a citizen's protection against _______________ |
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| The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of __________. |
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| 29. The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of __________. |
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| 30. What was the objective of the women's suffrage movement? |
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| 31. Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans __________________ |
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| 32. What did Jim Crow laws mandate? |
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| Separate but equal segregation |
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| 33. Women were guaranteed the right to vote by __________. |
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| 34. What did the Supreme Court determine was unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education? |
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| Segregation of public schools |
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| 35. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. insisted that civil disobedience aimed at ending discrimination in the South should be conducted __________. |
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| 37. What did the Supreme Court decide in Korematsu v. United States (1944) regarding the internment of those with Japanese ancestry living in the United States? |
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| It was permissible because the U.S. was at war with Japan |
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| 39. What was the basis for the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that upheld the constitutionality of a state law requiring segregated railroad facilities? |
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| Nothing in the constitution said segregation is illegal, only that it should be equal protection. |
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| 40. What were the Black Codes passed by many of the former Confederate states designed to do? |
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| Deny legal rights such as voting |
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| 41. A law that classified people according to __________ would be given strict scrutiny by the Supreme Court to determine its constitutionality. |
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