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Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court are discretionary, meaning there is no right of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.  To decide which cases the Court will hear the Justices review the cases before them and vote on each case.  The determination of whether the case will come before the U.S. Supreme Court is based on the __________________.

The law creates rights, duties and privileges.  A right is ________________________________________________.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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