the Constitution

A circuit split occurs when two or more U.S. Courts of Appeals reach different decisions on the same legal issue.

A citizen is a person who, by place of birth, nationality of one or both parents, or naturalization is granted full rights and responsibilities as a member of a nati

Citizen’s arrest is an arrest made by a private citizen, in contrast to the typical arrest made by a police officer.

Citizens United v.

In reference to law, “civil” is used primarily as a descriptive term to denote conflicts between private individuals. Where in a civil case two or more individuals or private entities (such as corporations) dispute their rights relative to each other (such as in a contract

A civil case is a non-criminal legal dispute between private parties, typically involving rights and obligations under the U.S. Constitution, federal law, state law, or common law.

Civil forfeiture is a legal process that allows the government to seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the property owner is never char

• CIVIL FORFEITURE
• asset forfeiture
• FORFEITURE
• PROPERTY RIGHTS
• search and seizure
• constitutional law
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• eighth amendment
• due process

Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution (primarily from the First Amendment). They are natural rights that are inherent to each person.

Overview:

Broadly speaking, civil procedure consists of the rules by which courts conduct civil trials.

• civil procedure
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• fair trial
• right to jury trial
• Supreme Court
• PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
• due process
• Fifth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS

A civil right is a legally enforceable claim or privilege.

• U.S. CONSTITUTION
• constitutional amendment
• constitutional law
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
• voting rights act
• right to vote
• Civil Rights Act 1964
• Civil Rights Act of 1968
• civil rights claims
• FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS
• disenfranchisement
• civil liberties
• Twenty-Fourth Amendment
• poll tax