constitutional law

The Brandenburg test was established in Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 US 444 (1969), to determine when inflammatory speech intending to advocate illegal action can be restricted.

• constitutional law
• freedom of speech
• free speech

Overview:

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was a landmark U.S.

A burden is a generic term referring to a restriction on a use or activity. Often, the term arises in property law. For instance, real property may carry an intangible burden in the form of covenants or easements.

Bush v. Gore (2000) (full citation Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S.

Capital punishment, which is also known as the death penalty, is criminal punishment that takes the defendant’s life as the punishment for the defendant’s crime.

A case is a civil or criminal proceeding at law or in equity.

Overview

Certiorari simply defined is a “writ” by which a higher court (such as an appellate court) reviews some lower court’s decision (such as a district court). 

• appellate jurisdiction
• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
• appellate practice
• Supreme Court
• certiorari

Checks and balances, also known as separation of powers, is a principle in the structure of government in the context of the United States Constitution.

• constitution
• government

Church and State is defined as a legal doctrine that provides for the separation of the State from religion in the United States.

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