The First Amendment of the U.S. constitution contains 5 basic freedoms.  The four that are the most pertinent to our lives are:

Our federal form of government provides for federal powers that are referred to as enumerated/delegated powers. These are expressed powers are shared between the federal and state governments.

The First Amendment protection of speech applies to three classifications of speech (fully protected, limited protected and unprotected speech).   Limited protected speech is speech that:

The Doctrine of ___________________ translates to mean “it is decided”.  This doctrine prevents the re-litigation of a proceeding after a court of competent jurisdiction has rendered a decision, bringing finality to judicial decisions.

The law is the single most important influence in our daily lives.

To gain personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant the courts have:

The Sixth Amendment contains several personal freedom guarantees that protect a person charged with a crime including all the following except:

At the trial level courts make two determinations.  The jury decides questions of fact and the judge decides ________________ .

These rights expressed in the Bill of Rights  were originally only protected from interference by the federal government.  The passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 extended these limitations and protections to state governments.

An appellate court reviews the proceedings conducted in a lower court to determine if the lower court __________________________ .