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judicial branch
interprets the law
legislative branch
makes the laws
how many house of representatives
435
how many senators
100
power structure of Senate
president pro tempore
majority leader
majority whip
minority leader
power structure of House of Representatives
speaker of house
majority and minority whip
majority and minority leader
standing committee
has greatest amount of power in Congress
natural Law
conscience
sociological law
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Society should shape the law instead of law shaping society
English Common Law
Judges are bound by precedent
Trial by jury
William Blackstone, Commentaries on the law of England
which president initiated the amendment allowing for an income tax?
Taft
how many justices in supreme court
9
four solutions to national debt
give president greater control over budget, including limiting spending
get rid of PACS
Adopt modern system of accounting
Adopt a flat tax
Marbury v. Madison
establishes judicial review
court can rule something unconstitutional
McCulloch v. Maryland
power to tax is the power to destroy
federal is supreme over the state
Brown v. board of education
ends segregation
little girl wanted to go white school
plessy v. Ferguson
accepts segregation
Roe v. Wade
Amendment 14 right to privacy
abortion
Engle v. vitale
cannot pray in school as a teacher
everson v. board of education
everson filed suit to reimburse parents for school bus
Lemon v. Kurtzman
the state reimburses parochial schools for expenses associated with educating students
Miller v. California
Miller convicted for mailing adult books
Texas v. Johnson
conviction for burning flag was overturned when supreme court ruled texas law unconstitutional
Miranda v. Arizona
no prior notifications of rights under fifth amendment during police interrogation
John Marshall
U.S. gives Europe billions of dollars to help Europe after WWI
Earl Warren
Courts have denied natural law ad have become more more liberal especially under Chief Justice Earl Warren
William Blackstone
Commentaries on the law of England
law is based on the absolute Word of God
natural law given to all men to help them know right from wrong
basis of law in America until the 1900's
English Common Law spreads to England's colonists
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American Government 4
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