Constitutional Law MPTC (2023/2024) Already Passed

Constitutional Law MPTC (2023/2024) Already Passed Constitutional law ✔✔Basic law of the land in the United constitution Statutory law ✔✔Written and enacted by legislative branches of state of federal goverment Case law ✔✔Courts decisions Bill of rights ✔✔First ten amendments - provides protections for individual liberties and specific prohibitions on government power 1st admendment ✔✔Establishes freedom of religion,speech,press,assembly,petitions Religion ✔✔Right to worship a god or supreme being. the government cannot require or enforce observations or compel citizens to follow any particular religion Speech ✔✔Protected speech included spoken and written words the act of not speaking and symbolic conduct For example:the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the American flag burning is protected " symbolic speech" Fighting words ✔✔Spoken or written words directed towards another citizens that are intended and likely to incite immediate physical retaliations Threat s ✔✔Utterance intended to inimidate citizens provide no social benefit Incendiary speech ✔✔Peaceful protest against the goverment are protected unless the speaker advocates violence or encourages lawless actions that is likely to occur 2nd amendment ✔✔Right to keep and bear arms 3rd amendment ✔✔Prohibits soldiers from being quartered in any house 4th amendment ✔✔Prohibits unreasonableness searches or seizures by the goverment 5th amendment ✔✔Prohibits citizens from being prosecuted for the same offense two ( double jeopardy) and from being compelled to testify against themselves ( self -incrimination) 6th amendment ✔✔Requires all person charged with a crime to be informed of c harges against them. People charge its with a crime have the right to counsel and speedy trial by impartial jury. People charged with a crime also have a right to compel witness to appear and testify on their behalf 7th amendment ✔✔Provides the right to a jury trial in civil cases 8th amendment ✔✔Protects people from excessive bail or fines and prohibits fuel and unusual punishment 10th amendment ✔✔Reserves power not grant d to the federal government to the states or the poeple 9th amending ✔✔Right retained by the people not specifically identified in the constitution 14th amendment ✔✔Provide the people of all states the right to "due process" and " equal protection under the law" Two types of due process ✔✔Procedural and substantive due process Procedural due process ✔✔Guarantees that the government will not take a person's life liberty or property interest without notice and meaningful opportunity to be heard Substantive due process ✔✔Guarantees that the notice hearing and result are fair Massa chusetts constitution ✔✔Document that describes how state governments is structured and articulates the rights of residents Civil liability ✔✔Is potential responsibility for payment of damage or other court impose sanctions from lawsuits