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What is law?
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The rules of condust usually established and enforced by authority in society.
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What is case law?
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A body of law in which courts have applied the principles established in presedents.
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What is common law?
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A body of law in which courts create precedential principles.
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What is stare decisis?
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Once a legal decision is established it can not easily be changed.
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What are extraordinary writs?
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Judicial orders requiring people to do or stop them from doing something they want to.
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What is a republican democracy?
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A democracy is when citizens vote in a regular election. A republic is a democracy in which the majority rules through representatives who are elected.
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What does the First Amendment state?
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"Congress shall make no law... abridging freedom of speech; or of the press"
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