according to this picture what is one group that can make laws?

• According to this picture what is one group that can make laws?

•What is a “moral issue” and give an example of a “moral issue”.

•What are the four values that laws can be based on?

•What do you see?

•Can something be immoral but legal? EXPLAIN your answer.

• In your opinion, why did we examine the hand-out on the Magna Carta yesterday?

•Record John Dickinson’s explanation of “Natural Rights” AND Give one example of a “natural right.

• “are born with us; exist with us: and cannot be taken away from us by Human Power.”

•What is the purpose of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR)?

• COPY:• Manslaughter: the killing of a person

without malice or premeditation. Must not be premeditated; can result from the heat of passion or the diminished mental capacity of the killer; or, involuntary, when unintentional but done during an unlawful act of a lesser nature done during an unlawful act of another nature.

• 9th Amendment: (Rights of the People 1791). The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

• 14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

•What is a more serious crime: Misdemeanor or Felony

•Name at least two differences between criminal law and civil law.

•What does preponderance of evidence mean? AND is it used in criminal or civil law?•What does beyond a reasonable

doubt mean? AND is it used in criminal or civil law?

•What was the decision concerning birth control in Griswold v. Connecticut?

• DO YOU KNOW….HOW MANY JUDGES (JUSTICES) ARE IN THE US SUPREME COURT?–10–18–9–6

•What was the major reason the US Supreme Court decided married couples can use birth control?

Complete the diagram by selecting the third component of the U.S. Constitution

Preamble

US CONSTITUTION

? Amendments

Complete the diagram by selecting the third influence Congress has over the U.S. Supreme

CourtA.Judicial reviewB.Impeachment

C.CertiorariD.Appeals

Confirming Appointments ?

ProposingConstitutional amendments

Congress’s influence on the Supreme Court

•What is a statute? (20)•What is the supremacy

clause? (21)•What does legislative

intent mean? (21)

•Why is legislative intent used by the courts?

• USE THE FLOW-CHART WE DID YESTERDAY; OR USE YOUR MEMORY…..• What is the trial court called in the

Federal Court System?• What is the trial court called in the

State Court System?

• GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A:1.State Law:2.City Law:3.Federal Law:

•Define Precedent:

•What do administrative agencies do? (24)•What do administrative

regulations influence? GIVE TWO EXAMPLES (24)