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This Amendment guarantees freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, & Petition.
Second
First
Third
Eighth
This Amendment states that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
First
Second
Ninth
Fifth
This Amendment prevents unreasonable searches and seizures of Americans.
Fourth
Fifth
Tenth
Eleventhed
This Amendment protects all Americans from the potential abuses of the legal system and guarantees the "due process of law."
Eigth
Fourth
Ninth
Fifth
This Amendment has been interpreted to mean that rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights Americans can enjoy.
Ninth
Eighth
Fifth
Fourth
This Amendment states that the "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Ninth
Fifth
Tenth
Third
This Amendment grants additional due process rights to persons accused of crimes. For example, it guarantees the right to a jury trial.
Third
Ninth
Eighth
Sixth
This Amendment forbids "cruel and unusual" punishment and prohibits excessive bail and fines.
Eighth
Sixth
Fifth
Fourth
This amendment prevents the government from quartering soldiers in a person's home without the consent of the homeowner.
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
This amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
Third
Second
Seventh
First
This is the power of a court to review a law or an official act of a government employee or agent for constitutionality or for the violation of basic principles of justice.
Dissenting Opinion
Original Jurisdiction
Judicial Review
Writ of Certiorari
This is the name given to a written decision by Supreme Court Justices that, while they agree with the final outcome of the case, they do not agree with the reasoning behind the final outcome.
Concurring Opinion
Dissenting Opinion
Appellate Jurisdiction
Writ of Certiorari
This is the name given to the written decision of a case authored by Justices of the Supreme Court that did not agree with the final decision.
Concurring Opinion
Dissenting Opinion
Original Jurisdiction
Writ of Certiorari
This is the authority of a court to hear a case for the first time.
Original Jurisdiction
Appellate Jurisdiction
Writ of Certiorari
Judicial Activism
This is the authority of a court to hear or review a case after it has been decided at a lower court level.
Original Jurisdiction
Concurring Opinion
Appellate Jurisdiction
Judicial Review
This is a formal request to have a case heard or reviewed by an appellate court. This is the way most cases get to the Supreme Court.
Writ of Certiorari
Judicial Review
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
This is the judicial philosophy of using the interpretive power of the courts to correct legal injustices.
Dissenting Opinion
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Appellate Jurisdiction
This is the judicial philosophy of upholding all previously established laws unless there is a clear violation of the Constitution.
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Original Jurisdiction
Writ of Certiorari
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