Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Latin for "friend of the court"; a written brief from an individual or group claiming to have information useful to a court's consideration of a case
|
Amicus Curiae
|
|
|
a brief unsigned statement of a supreme court decision
|
Percurium Opinion
|
|
|
an order from the Supreme Court to a lower court to send up the records on a case for review
|
Writ of Certiorari
|
|
|
a written explanation of a Supreme Court decision; also a written interpretation of a state constitution or state laws by the state's attorney general.
|
Opinions
|
|
|
Direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors
|
Lobbying
|
|
|
a written statement setting forth the legal arguments, relevant facts, and precedents supporting one side of a case
|
brief
|
|
|
-defined citizenship (a person born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen of the nation)
-laid the groundwork for making individual rights national |
Fourteenth Amendment
|
|
|
the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional
|
Judicial Review
|
|
|
a rulling on a law or action that has not been challenged.
|
Advisory opinion
|
|
|
a model on which to base later decisions or actions
|
Precedent
|
|
|
refuse to spend
|
Impound
|
|
|
Held that a person in police custody cannot be questioned unless he/she has been read their rights
|
Miranda V. Arizona
|
|
|
Held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was violated when San Francisco's public school district refused to instruct children of Chinese ancestery in English
|
Lau V. Nichols
|
|
|
upheld a conviction for publishing articles that advocated the violent overthrow of democratic governments in general and the government of the U.S. in particular
|
Gitlow V. New York
|
