the Constitution

Sequestration is the process of temporarily removing property from its possessor under the process of law. The final decision is contingent on the outcome of a judicial dispute between multiple parties who claim ownership.

Service of process is the procedure by one party in a lawsuit or legal proceeding to give another party an appropriate notice of the initiation of legal action.

Shall issue refers to state gun laws that require concealed carry permits for firearms to be issued to a person upon satisfying the state

Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) is a U.S. Supreme Court case that held that restrictive covenants in real property deeds which prohibited the sale of property to non-Caucasians unconstitutionally violate the equal protection provision of the Fourteenth Amendment.

An 1873 U.S. Supreme Court decision, 83 US 36, on a series of cases in which the Court expressed its first interpretation of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court interpreted this clause as protecting the rights people have by virtue of their US citizenship, not by virtue of their citizenship of a state.

Slavery is the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty. It is also a regime where one class of people - the slave owners - could force another - the slaves - to work and limit their liberty. Throughout history, some forms of slavery existed as punishment for committing crimes or to pay off debts. In the United States, individuals were forced into slavery, born into slavery, and were slaves for life based on their race.

Sovereign immunity is a common law doctrine under which a sovereign (e.g., a federal or state government) cannot be sued without its consent. Sovereign immunity in the United States was derived from the British common law, which was based on the idea that the King could do no wrong.

• tort law
• local government
• state government
• municipal liability

The Speedy Trial Act of 1974, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3161 et seq., is a United States federal law that establishes time limits for completing various stages of a federal criminal prosecution.

• criminal procedure

Spending power is the ability of a government to tax and spend. Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, Congress is granted the power to lay and collect taxes in order “to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and gen

• constitutional law

The state action requirement refers to the requirement that in order for a plaintiff to have standing to sue over a law being violated, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the government (local, state, or federal), was responsible for the violation, rather than a private actor. 

• standing
• constitutional law
• lawsuit
• state action
• First Amendment
• freedom of speech
• racial discrimination
• discrimination