MPOETIC A+ QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST
EDITION
C
Terms in this set (21)
It prohibits state and local governments from
What does the 14th Amendment
prohibit? depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without
proper legislative authorization.
What does the 14th It guarantees procedural due process (fair legal process)
Amendment guarantee? and substantive due process (protection of fundamental
rights from government encroachment).
What is the Equal Protection It requires that each state provide equal protection to all persons
Clause? within that state.
Which landmark case is Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools.
associated with the Equal
Protection Clause?
How has the Equal Protection It has been interpreted to 'constitutionalize' civil rights actions filed
Clause been interpreted in under 42 USC
§1983 against state actors, such as police officers.
relation to civil rights
actions?
It defines that Federal Courts will not have authority to
What does the 11th Amendment
specify? hear cases against states initiated by citizens of other
states or countries.
What immunity does the 11th It grants immunity to states from suits for money damages filed
Amendment grant to states? without their consent.
What is the supreme law of The Pennsylvania Constitution.
Pennsylvania?
When was the Pennsylvania It was last amended in 2003.
Constitution last amended?
How does the Pennsylvania It has, on occasion, set more stringent standards than the US
Constitution compare to the Constitution.
US Constitution?
EDITION
C
Terms in this set (21)
It prohibits state and local governments from
What does the 14th Amendment
prohibit? depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without
proper legislative authorization.
What does the 14th It guarantees procedural due process (fair legal process)
Amendment guarantee? and substantive due process (protection of fundamental
rights from government encroachment).
What is the Equal Protection It requires that each state provide equal protection to all persons
Clause? within that state.
Which landmark case is Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools.
associated with the Equal
Protection Clause?
How has the Equal Protection It has been interpreted to 'constitutionalize' civil rights actions filed
Clause been interpreted in under 42 USC
§1983 against state actors, such as police officers.
relation to civil rights
actions?
It defines that Federal Courts will not have authority to
What does the 11th Amendment
specify? hear cases against states initiated by citizens of other
states or countries.
What immunity does the 11th It grants immunity to states from suits for money damages filed
Amendment grant to states? without their consent.
What is the supreme law of The Pennsylvania Constitution.
Pennsylvania?
When was the Pennsylvania It was last amended in 2003.
Constitution last amended?
How does the Pennsylvania It has, on occasion, set more stringent standards than the US
Constitution compare to the Constitution.
US Constitution?
