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Balancing Rights With Responsibility
With rights comes responsibility, ex. it aperson want a trial
jury, then that must also be willing to serve onjury.
Kinds of Laws
Criminal Law-regulate public conduct and set out duties owed,
to society. a criminal case can only be brought by the government.
the ottender are imprisoned, tined, placed under supervision,
or punished in some other way if found guilty. However,
the judge or jury not it the judge or jury have any reasonable
must find the cletendent guilty beyond
doubt, then they cannot convict the defendent.
a resonable
felony-pariminal law that deal with more serious crime
it found guilty, the defendent is charged with more than
a year in jail
misdemeanor-less serious crimes that can be imprisoned
up until one year in prison.
group of
Civil Law-regulate relations between individuals and.
individuals. acivil suit can be brought by anyone, and the court
may order the person accused to pay money for the loss. in the
Civil suit, the defendent is found guilt guilty by a preponderence
of the evidence, it the detendent is more likely guilty than
not that he is guilty, then he is ruled guilty.
a detendent can be found innocent in criminal court and guilty
in civil court.

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US Constitution
Mists the
US. Constitution is the highest law in the united states,
government's powers, limits on those powers and people's treedoms
Inthe United States there is a system of checks and
balances:
so that prevent one branch from being
too
powerful
executive
(president)
impeachment
judge
vetos
choose
Justices
executive action
to be unconstitutional
laws
Congress
Confirm justice
Court
Juditial
review
One of the most important check is judicial review which
enable any
law to be unable to be enforced it the law is found
to be un Constitutional.
the federal government is limited by power of states
Cfederalism)
the federal goverment is only able to make laws in
the Constitution.

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Bill of Rights
Bill of rights is the first 10 amendments in the Constitution, and
define and garantees rights and liberties of all Americans
•Amendment!: Freedoms, Petitions, assembly
Amendment 2: Right to bear arms
• Amendment 3: quartering of Sobliers
•Amendment search and arrest
Amendments Rights in Criminal case
Amendment Rights to a fair trial
Amendment 7 Rights in a civil case
Amendment 8: Bail fines, punishment,
Amendment Rights retained by the people
Amendmento: state's rights
(taken from Ushistory.org).
The Constitution is difficult to change because it was drafted so
that it could not be removed without caretul thought and discussion.
Constitution can be changed in Zways:
1.2/3 vote of each house
in Congress
2.2/3 of states gather in
a constitutional Convention
ratified by legislature or convention
in 3/4 of the states

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Chapter2: Law Making
In the united states, people have to obey federal, state,
and local law
Legislatures
the law is made in the legislature both
and federal law.
in
the state
There are 2 bodies in the federal legislature:
State senate (100 members, two from each state)
house representitives (435 members, according.
population
to
when the Congress passes laws, it is called a federal statute
however, itis also limited in it's power.
to
pass
laws.
most State legislatures also have 2 body congress Cexcept
nebraska). they meet once a year to
pass
laws.
local, state, and federal law may conflict, with one
another, and federal law can override the state laws
under the supremacy clause (article 6) in the Constitution.
laws are introduced into the legislature in the torm of
Bill, which can repeal, introduce or repeal laws
it a law is not clear, a judge can decide what it means
it the law being interpacted is a criminal law, then
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Agencies
Congress makes laws that authorize an agency to
make more specific rules and regulations. These laws and
regulation are usually put in place without a vote.
however, agencies do hold public hearings in order to
get the opinion of the people
Courts
laws are also made in courts. Courts generally have a
trial and it the person lost and thought that the decision
was wrong, then they are able to go to appellate Courts
When the Court decides a case it issues a precedent
which can help decide tuture
International Law Making
international laws are usually made by treaties. In the
United States treaties are the supreme lawof land it they
are signed by the president and ratified by 2/3 of the senate
extradition-atreaty, that determine whether a countries
have the responsibility to return a Criminal to the
original Country