constitutional law

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

The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law on May 6, 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur. It was an act of Congress that effectively terminated Chinese immigration for ten years, and prohibited the Chinese from becoming U.S. citizens.

The legal doctrine of Church and State refers to the constitutional principle of separation between government and 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 nat

Citizens United v.

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. While they are commonly referred to as "rights," civil liberties operate as restraints on how the government can treat individuals under its jurisdiction.

Civil procedure broadly 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