COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● major sources of American law.
Answer: -statutes
-constitutions
-common law
-administrative regulations
-executive orders
●● constitutions.
Answer: describe the organization of government, the powers of the
various branches of the government and the limitations on those powers
●● judicial review.
Answer: the process by which judicial branches decide whether statutes
are constitutional
●● facial challenge.
Answer: the complaining party is arguing the language of the statute, on
its face, makes it unconstitutional; over broad or too vague
, ●● as-applied challenge.
Answer: even if the statute can be constitutionally applied in some cases,
it was not constitutional to apply it to the complaining party in this
particular instance
●● common law.
Answer: concept comes from England; arises from the customs and
practices of the people; it is not written down
●● precedents.
Answer: earlier cases
●● stare decisis.
Answer: "let the decision stand;" when judges follow the precedent,
deciding the case before them in the same way the earlier case was
decided
●● administrative regulations.
Answer: created by administrative agencies established by the
legislature to handle specific issues; examples: Federal Trade
Commission, Federal Communications Commission
●● Federal Trade Commission.