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Amendments
3rd Amendment |
no troops can be put in a house w/out consent in war/peace |
4th Amendment |
right of the people to be secure |
5th Amendment |
right to not testify against yourself |
6th Amendment |
accused have a speedy & public trial |
7th Amendment |
if accused of a crime over $20(230 now), then right to a jury |
8th Amendment |
no excessive bail, fines, or cruel & unusual punishments |
9th Amendment |
just because it's not in the constitution doesn't mean it's legal/illegal |
10th Amendment |
powers not delegated by Constitution are reserved to states respectively |
13th Amendment |
no slavery or involuntary servitude |
14th Amendment |
all persons born or naturalized in U.S. are subject to jurisdiction |
15th Amendment |
rights will not be denied by race, color, or previous condition |
Amendment Cases
Gideon vs Wayne Wright |
everybody is allowed to a court attorney |
Forman vs Georgia |
determines that execution is not cruel & unusual |
Kelso Case |
state is allowed to take property |
Article 1
Section 1 |
creates legislative branch; bicameral govt. created |
Section 2 |
representative must be 25 years old, 7 years U.S. Citizen |
general assembly |
legislative body in which each member has one vote |
Section 3 |
2 senators from each state serves 6 years, 1 vote; |
Senator requirements |
30 years old, 9 years a citizen |
Section 5 |
a journal is kept and published unless secrecy is needed |
Quorum |
minimum number of people for entity to work |
Section 6 |
law determines how much officials |
Section 7 |
process of bills |
Section 8 |
Congress can lay & collect taxes |
Letter of Marque & Reprisal |
formal declaration of war against a nation |
House of Representative Powers |
war, tax, treaty ratification, impeach |
Section 9 |
no title of nobility will work |
Section 10 |
restriction on certain state powers |
habeas corpus |
someone must be told what they are charged with |
Ex Post Facto |
prosecuting someone with something that was legal but is now illegal |
Bill of attainder |
condemn someone w/out due process |
Article 2
Section 1 |
creates executive power |
Presidency Requirements |
35 years old, 14 years a citizen |
Case of Removal |
VP acts in place of president |
Section 2 |
Civilian is in commander in chief of armed forces |
Section 3 |
State of the Union address |
Section 4 |
civil Officers can be removed from office on impeachment for high crimes |
Article 3
Section 1 |
creation of judicial branch |
Section 2 |
judicial power extends to all cases |
Section 3 |
treason cases |
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Speech and Finance Cases and Terms
Zenger Case |
Zenger accused governor Cosby of corruption; accused of libel but later acquitted |
libel |
written lies that cause damage |
slander |
spoken lies |
Buckley vs Valego |
Money is speech |
SpeechNow vs FEC |
contribution limits were unconstitutional |
Citizens United Decision |
allowed corporations to spend unlimited money |
Texas vs Johnson |
burning a U.S. flag counts as protest |
PAC |
can give money to parties ($2600) |
SuperPAC |
cannot give money to parties but may pay for ads |
McCutcheon vs FEC |
allows giving of money to infinite of people |
Shank and Deb Cases |
(1920) Clear and present danger clause |
Gitlo vs NY |
(1925) accused of breaking criminal anarchy act by creating a left wing pamphlet |
Chief Justice during Shank and Deb |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
Debs and Shank broke what law? |
Sedition Act of 1917 |
Clear & Present Danger Test |
1st speech test; speech is unprotected if it causes a disturbance |
Bad Tendency Test |
speech is restricted if it can incite illegal activity |
Clear & Present Danger w/eminence |
3rd Speech test; extension of proximity and degree(more urgency) |
Public vs Private Speech |
4th speech test; some people enjoy more latitude than others |
prior restraint |
suppression of speech that would be broadcasted and may cause harm |
Tinker vs Des Moines Case |
speech is protected even if it is unpopular |
Obscenity and Porn Cases
What is porn or obscenity? |
no definite answer |
Chaplinsky vs New Hampshire |
(1942) Supreme Court rules porn has no redeeming social value |
Roth Case vs U.S. |
(1957) sex appealing to pruriant manner (no social value) |
Stanley vs Georgia |
courts ruled it was ok to watch porn in your own home |
Miller vs California |
(1973) no definite answer for porn |
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