Legislation and Legal Processes
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- 10th Amendment
- 11th Amendment
- 12th Amendment
- 13th Amendment
- 14th Amendment
- 17th Amendment
- 18th Amendment
- 19th Amendment
- 1st Amendment
- 20th Amendment
- 21st Amendment
- 22nd Amendment
- 24th Amendment
- 25th Amendment
- 26th Amendment
- 27th Amendment
- 2nd Amendment
- 3rd Amendment
- 4th Amendment
- 5th Amendment
- 6th Amendment
- 7th Amendment
- 8th Amendment
- 9th Amendment
A
- A Fortiori
- A Priori
- Abington Tp. v. Schempp
- Abrams v. United States
- Abrogation
- Abuse of Process
- Actus Reus
- Adamson v. California
- Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
- Adjudication
- Administrative Law
- Advocacy
- Affidavit
- Affirmative Defense
- Agostini v. Felton
- Aiding and Abetting
- Alabama v. White
- Alford Plea
- Alien and Sedition Acts
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Amicus Brief
- Amicus Curiae
- Amnesty
- Anarchy
- Answer
- Appeal
- Appellant
- Appellee
- Argersinger v. Hamlin
- Arguendo
- Arizona v. Gant
- Arizona v. Hicks
- Arizona v. Johnson
- Arizona v. United States
- Arraignment
- Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal
- Assumpsit
- Assumption of Risk
- Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
- Autocracy
B
- Bad Faith
- Bailment
- Bailor
- Baker v. Carr
- Bank Secrecy Act
- Barron v. Baltimore
- Bartnicki v. Vopper
- Batson v. Kentucky
- Bench Warrant
- Berghuis v. Thompkins
- Berkemer v. McCarty
- Best Evidence Rule
- Betts v. Brady
- Bias
- Big Stick Diplomacy
- Bill of Attainder
- Bill of Rights
- Board of Education v. Earls
- Bolling v. Sharpe
- Bona Fide
- Bond v. United States
- Boumediene v. Bush
- Bowers v. Hardwick
- Bowsher v. Syner
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
- Bradwell v. The State
- Brady v. Maryland
- Branches of Government
- Brandenburg v. Ohio
- Branzberg v. Hayes
- Breed v. Jones
- Brendlin v. California
- Brewer v. Williams
- Brief
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
- Brown v. Mississippi
- Brown v. Plata
- Buck v. Bell
- Buckley v. Valeo
- Burden of Proof
- Bureaucracy
- Burnham v. Superior Court
- Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
- Bush v. Gore
C
- Calder v. Bull
- California v. Acevedo
- California v. Carney
- California v. Greenwood
- Cantwell v. Connecticut
- Capias
- Capias Warrant
- Capital Offense
- Case Law
- Case of First Impression
- Castle Doctrine
- Categorical Grants
- Categorical Imperative
- Causation
- Caveat Emptor
- Censorship
- Challenge for Cause
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
- Checks and Balances
- Chimel v. California
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Citation
- Citizen's Arrest
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- City of Boerne v. Flores
- Civic Duty
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Rights
- Clause
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Hands
- Clinton v. Jones
- Clinton v. New York
- Closing Argument
- Cohen v. California
- Cohens v. Virginia
- Coker v. Georgia
- Collateral Estoppel
- Comity
- Common Law
- Complaint
- Concealed Weapons Permit
- Concurrent Powers
- Concurring Opinion
- Condemnation
- Condition Precedent
- Confederation
- Conflict of Interest
- Conjecture
- Consanguinity
- Consent Decree
- Conspiracy
- Constitution
- Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional Rights
- Constitutional Rights
- Constructive Notice
- Constructive Trust
- Cooper v. Aaron
- Corpus Delicti
- Corruption
- Counterclaim
- Court Reporter
- Craig v. Boren
- Crawford v. Washington
- Crime of Passion
- Cross Examination
- Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health
D
- De Facto Segregation
- De Jonge v. Oregon
- De Minimis
- De Novo
- Declaratory Judgment
- Defendant
- Defense of Marriage Act
- Delegated Powers
- Delinquency
- Democracy
- Demurrer
- Dennis v. United States
- Deponent
- Dickerson v. United States
- Dictatorship
- Dictum
- Diminished Capacity
- Directed Verdict
- Dismissed with Prejudice
- Disposition
- Dissenting Opinion
- Distributive Justice
- District of Columbia v. Heller
- Doctrine of Laches
- Dolan v. City of Tigard
- Domestic Policy
- Domicile
- Dram Shop
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- Due Care
- Duress
- Duty of Care
E
- Eakin v. Raub
- Edwards v. Arizona
- Egregious
- Eisenstadt v. Baird
- Elastic Clause
- Eldred v. Ashcroft
- Electoral College
- Elonis v. United States
- Emergency Power
- Employment Div. v. Smith
- En Banc
- Engel v. Vitale
- Enjoin
- Entrapment
- Enumerated Powers
- Epperson v. Arkansas
- Equitable Estoppel
- Espionage Act
- Establishment Clause
- Estelle v. Gamble
- Et Seq.
- Evasive Answer
- Everson v. Board of Education
- Evidence
- Ewing v. California
- Ex Parte
- Ex Post Facto
- Exclusionary Rule
- Executive Branch
- Executive Order
- Exigent Circumstances
- Exonerated
- Expert Witness
- Expropriation
- Expungement
F
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- False Arrest
- Family Court
- Family Law Facilitator
- Faretta v. California
- Federal Government
- Federal Holidays
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Filibuster
- Fisher v. University of Texas
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
- Fletcher v. Peck
- Florida v. Bostick
- Florida v. Jardines
- Florida v. Riley
- Foraker Act
- Ford v. Wainwright
- Forum Non Conveniens
- Franking Privilege
- Freedom of Assembly
- Frontiero v. Richardson
- Fugitive
- Full Faith and Credit Clause
- Furman v. Georgia
G
- Garcetti v. Ceballos
- General Damages
- General Jurisdiction
- Georgia v. Randolph
- Gerrymandering
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
- Gibbons v. Ogden
- Gill v. Whitford
- Gitlow v. New York
- Glossip v. Gross
- Goldberg v. Kelly
- Gonzales v. Carhart
- Gonzales v. Oregon
- Gonzales v. Raich
- Good Cause
- Good Samaritan Law
- Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
- Goss v. Lopez
- Graham v. Connor
- Graham v. Florida
- Grand Jury
- Grandfather Clause
- Granholm v. Heald
- Gratz v. Bollinger
- Gravamen
- Gregg v. Georgia
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
- Griswold v. Connecticut
- Grutter v. Bollinger
H
- Habeas Corpus
- Hamdan v. Rumsfield
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
- Hammer v. Dagenhart
- Hatch Act
- Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
- Hearsay Evidence
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
- Hernandez v. Texas
- Hess v. Pawloski
- Hickman v. Taylor
- HIPAA Law
- Hirabayashi v. United States
- Hollingsworth v. Perry
- Horton v. California
- Hostile Witness
- Hudson v. Michigan
- Hurtado v. California
I
- Illinois v. Caballes
- Illinois v. Gates
- Illinois v. Wardlow
- Immediate Family
- Immunity
- Impeachment
- Imperialism
- Implied Consent
- Implied Powers
- Impunity
- In Propria Persona
- In Toto
- Inalienable Rights
- Incapacitated
- Inchoate Crimes
- Indicia
- Indictment
- Indigent
- Ingraham v. Wright
- Inherent Powers
- Injunctive Relief
- INS v. Chadha
- Inter Alia
- Interlocutory
- International Law
- Inverse Condemnation
J
K
L
M
- Mailbox Rule
- Mala in Se
- Mala Prohibita
- Malfeasance
- Malice Aforethought
- Malicious Prosecution
- Malum in Se
- Martial Law
- Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee
- Maryland v. Buie
- Maryland v. King
- Maryland v. Pringle
- Matal v. Tam
- Mathews v. Eldridge
- McCleskey v. Kemp
- McCullen v. Coakley
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- McCutcheon v. Fed. Election Comm'n
- McDonald v. Chicago
- McKeiver v. Pennsylvania
- Megan's Law
- Miller v. Alabama
- Miller v. California
- Mincey v. Arizona
- Minnesota v. Dickerson
- Miranda Rights
- Misnomer
- Misprision
- Missouri v. Frye
- Missouri v. Holland
- Missouri v. Jenkins
- Missouri v. Seibert
- Mistrial
- Mitigating Circumstances
- Monopoly
- Montejo v. Louisiana
- Montgomery v. Louisiana
- Moral Turpitude
- Morse v. Frederick
- Motion
- Motion for Judgment
- Motion for Summary Judgment
- Motion in Limine
- Motion to Compel
- Motion to Dismiss
- Muller v. Oregon
- Munn v. Illinois
- Murr v. Wisconsin
- Myers v. United States
N
- NAACP v. Alabama
- National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) v. Sebelius
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Labor Relations Act
- National Labor Relations Board
- Natural Law
- Natural Person
- Near v. Minnesota
- Nebbia v. New York
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- Nelson v. Colorado
- New Jersey v. T.L.O.
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- New York v. Quarles
- New York v. United States
- Ninth Amendment
- Nix v. Williams
- Nolle Prosequi
- Nolo Contendere
- Nonsuit
- Nunc Pro Tunc
O
P
- Padilla v. Kentucky
- Palko v. Connecticut
- Parens Patriae
- Parol Evidence Rule
- Payton v. New York
- Pecuniary
- Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado
- Pendente Lite
- Pendleton Act of 1883
- Pennoyer v. Neff
- Per Curiam
- Per Se
- Peremptory Challenge
- Perfidy
- Petition
- Pickering v. Board of Education
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters
- Plain View Doctrine
- Plaintiff
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
- Plea
- Pleading
- Plyler v. Doe
- Police Brutality
- Police Misconduct
- Popular Sovereignty
- Positive Law
- Posse Comitatus
- Powell v. Alabama
- Preamble
- Precedent
- Predicate
- Preemption
- Preliminary Hearing
- Preliminary Injunction
- Preponderance of Evidence
- Presidential Line of Succession
- Pretrial Conference
- Prima Facie
- Printz v. United States
- Prior Restraint
- Privileges and Immunities Clause
- Pro Bono Lawyer
- Pro Se
- Pro Tempore
- Probable Cause
- Probative Value
- Procedural Law
- Promissory Estoppel
- Proof of Service
- Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Proximate Cause
- Public Defender
- Public Policy
R
- R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
- Rakas v. Illinois
- Ratification
- Ratio Decidendi
- Reapportionment
- Rebuttal
- Recrimination
- Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke
- Remand
- Remand
- Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
- Replevin
- Representative Democracy
- Res Gestae
- Res Ipsa Loquitur
- Res Judicata
- Reserved Powers
- Resisting Arrest
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- Respondeat Superior
- Restraining Order
- Retribution
- Reverse Discrimination
- Reynolds v. Sims
- Rhode Island v. Innis
- Right to Die
- Riley v. California
- Robinson v. California
- Rochin v. California
- Rodriguez v. United States
- Romer v. Evans
- Roper v. Simmons
- Roth v. United States
- Rules of Court
S
- Safford Unified School District v. Redding
- Salinas v. Texas
- San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Rodriguez
- Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe
- Sarbanes Oxley Act
- Schenck v. United States
- Schmerber v. California
- Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
- Scienter
- Scott v. Harris
- Search Warrant
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Sedition
- Seizure
- Selective Incorporation
- Sentencing Guidelines
- Separate but Equal
- Separation of Powers
- Seriatim
- Service of Process
- Shaw v. Reno
- Shelby County v. Holder
- Shelley v. Kraemer
- Sheppard v. Maxwell
- Sherbert v. Verner
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Slander
- Smith v. Allwright
- Smith v. Maryland
- Snyder v. Phelps
- Solicitor
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach
- South Dakota v. Dole
- Sovereign Citizen
- Sovereign Immunity
- Sovereignty
- Stanford v. Kentucky
- Stanley v. Georgia
- Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.
- Stare Decisis
- Statute of Frauds
- Stipulation
- Strauder v. West Virginia
- Strickland v. Washington
- Strict Constructionism
- Strict Liability
- Strict Scrutiny
- Sua Sponte
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Subpoena
- Substantive Law
- Sui Juris
- Summons
- Supermajority
- Superseding Cause
- Supremacy Clause
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- Sweatt v. Painter
- Sworn Statement
T
- Taft-Hartley Act
- Temporary Insanity
- Tennessee v. Garner
- Terry Stop
- Texas v. Johnson
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Third Party Beneficiary
- Thompson v. Oklahoma
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- Tinker v. Des Moines
- Tort Law
- Town of Greece v. Galloway
- Transferred Intent
- Treason
- Treble Damages
- Trial
- Trier of Fact
- Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
- Troxel v. Granville
- True Bill
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
- Truth in Lending Act
U
- Unconscionable
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Unemployment
- United States v. Butler
- United States v. Darby
- United States v. Jones
- United States v. Leon
- United States v. Lopez
- United States v. Miller
- United States v. Morrison
- United States v. O’Brien
- United States v. Virgina
- United States v. Windsor
- Unjust Enrichment
- Utah v. Strieff
V
W
- War Powers Act
- Warrant
- Washington v. Davis
- Washington v. Glucksberg
- Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
- Weeks v. United States
- Wesberry v. Sanders
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
- West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette
- Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
- Whren v. United States
- Wickard v. Filburn
- Wilfully
- Wisconsin v. Yoder
- Witness
- Wolf v. Colorado
- Worcester v. Georgia
- Writ of Certiorari
- Writ of Mandamus
