Constitutional Law

What is constitutional law?

• laws for the branches of military
• laws that define crimes
• laws that deal with disputes between people
• laws based on the constitution

Who decides if a law is constitutional?

• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive

Established one of the most significant principles of American constitutional law

• Jefferson vs Madison
• Marbury vs Madison
• Marbury vs Jefferson
• Jefferson vs Kennedy

What did the 2nd amendment do?

• Allow you to have armed militias
• Allow you to have freedom of speech
• Allow you to have weapons
• Allow the government to take away any weapons at anytime

Common Law?

• Common that is law
• A law that is common
• traditional law of an area resulting from rulings by a judge

When was the Constitutional Convention

• May 25th 1767
• May 25th 1787
• May 35th 1787
• May 25th 1738

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The constitution was written
• the Star Spangled Banner was written
• Bill of rights was written
• the federalist papers were written

What is Civil Law?

• A law that is civil...
• civil people following the law
• referred to private law i.e medical malpractice

George Washington was the president of the Constitutional Convention

• True
• False

What does the 5th amendment state?

• A citizen cannot be tried without evidence
• The only votes that count is electoral college
• A lawyer must have a degree in Harvard to join Supreme Court
• You cannot be forced to testify