The Bill of Rights

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What is the Lemon Test?

1. Purpose of aid must be secular 2. must have a neutral effect on religion 3. must not create excessive entanglement between church and state

How many amendments after State

10+1

How many to Senate

12

How many bills were passed from the house

17

What percent were the bills voted on

2/3

Whats a captial crime

A crime that could lead to the death penalty

What's a grand jury?

A jury to look over evidence to see if they need to go to court. only court that works in privicy

What is a Super pack

A person who makes an ad for someone running. CAN NOT mention canadint name

What group made the bills of rights

Anti Federalist

What happend is civil court when the value is less then 20 dollors

Bench Trial

Whats a nick name for amendment 9

Catch all

Whats it called when they change location for a court

Change of Venue

What are the two clauses to the first amendment

Establishment, Free exercise

Whats the Gideon vs Wainwright

Gideon did not get a lawyer to defend him and appealed to the supreme court and had another court case

Whats cheaper, Killing or prison

Killing is 10x more cheaper

Who was the author of the bills

James madison

what are the 5 legal methods of killing

Lethal Injection Chair Firing squad Hang Gas Chamber

Whats a Inditment

Order for you to appear in court by evidence

What are the three ways we measure freedom of speech

Place Time Manner

What are the 5 rights in the first amendment

Religion, Speech, Press, assembly, Petition,

What dose the second amendment mean

Right to bear arms

whats habius corpus

Right to have a judge tell you why you are in jail

Eminit domain

Right to take private property

What do you call a jury that has one opinion

Tainted Jury

whats amendment 8 talk about

The Eighth Amendment bars excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment.

what is amendment 9 about

The Ninth Amendment states that listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been spelled out.

What dose amendement 7 talk about

The Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial in Federal civil cases.

what dose the 6th amendment talk about

The Sixth Amendment provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges. Witnesses must face the accused, and the accused is allowed his or her own witnesses and to be represented by a lawyer.

Amendment 10

The Tenth Amendment says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn't listed, it belongs to the states or to the people.

whats a bench trial

Trial with only judge

whats a Subpena

court order for a witness to come talk

Whats a infamous crime

bad ratification

What dose the fourth amendment mean

bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property.

What are the two types of court

civil Criminal

Whats the money called that is used for a super pack

dark money

Who chooses the speed in criminal court

defendent

Is bail a punishment

no

What dose the fith amendment mean

provides several protections for people accused of crimes. It states that serious criminal charges must be started by a grand jury. A person cannot be tried twice for the same offense (double jeopardy) or have property taken away without just compensation. People have the right against self-incrimination and cannot be imprisoned without due process of law (fair procedures and trials.)

Who were the Federalists?

supporters of the Constitution

Can a judge not make you have a bail and why or why not

yes, Flight risk Danger to people

What percentage of State legislates needed to ratify bills

3/4

How many original amendments did james wright

39

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

people who opposed the Constitution

What dose the third amendment mean

prevents government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes.


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