BUS 250 EXAM 1- CH. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
precedent - Answers - requires that judges decide current cases based on previous
rulings
common law - Answers - the accumulation of precedent, based on case after case,
makes up _____
United States Constitution - Answers - supreme law of the land; any law that conflicts
with it is void; establishes national government with three branches; creates system of
checks and balances among branches; Constitution guarantees basic rights to
American people
legislative power - Answers - gives Congress the ability to create new laws
executive power - Answers - the authority to enforce laws; president is commander in
chief of armed forces and head of executive branch of federal government
judicial power - Answers - gives the right to interpret laws and determine their validity;
Supreme Court is head of the judicial branch of the federal government
checks and balances - Answers - example of term: president can veto congressional
legislation; congress can impeach the president; the supreme court can void laws
passed by congress; president appoints judges to federal courts; judges must be
approved by Senate
first amendment - Answers - rights of free speech, free press, free exercise of religion
fourth, fifth, sixth amendments - Answers - protect the rights of any person accused of a
crime
statutes - Answers - a law created by a legislature
bill - Answers - an idea for a new law first proposed in Congress, then voted on by
House and Senate, and finally signed by the president
stare decisis - Answers - the principle that precedent is binding on later cases and
means "let the decision stand"
criminal law - Answers - concerns behavior so threatening that society outlaws it
altogether
VERIFIED ANSWERS
precedent - Answers - requires that judges decide current cases based on previous
rulings
common law - Answers - the accumulation of precedent, based on case after case,
makes up _____
United States Constitution - Answers - supreme law of the land; any law that conflicts
with it is void; establishes national government with three branches; creates system of
checks and balances among branches; Constitution guarantees basic rights to
American people
legislative power - Answers - gives Congress the ability to create new laws
executive power - Answers - the authority to enforce laws; president is commander in
chief of armed forces and head of executive branch of federal government
judicial power - Answers - gives the right to interpret laws and determine their validity;
Supreme Court is head of the judicial branch of the federal government
checks and balances - Answers - example of term: president can veto congressional
legislation; congress can impeach the president; the supreme court can void laws
passed by congress; president appoints judges to federal courts; judges must be
approved by Senate
first amendment - Answers - rights of free speech, free press, free exercise of religion
fourth, fifth, sixth amendments - Answers - protect the rights of any person accused of a
crime
statutes - Answers - a law created by a legislature
bill - Answers - an idea for a new law first proposed in Congress, then voted on by
House and Senate, and finally signed by the president
stare decisis - Answers - the principle that precedent is binding on later cases and
means "let the decision stand"
criminal law - Answers - concerns behavior so threatening that society outlaws it
altogether
