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Amendment
When you make a change or add to the U.S. Constitution, it is called an amendment. Amendments are created by Congress (House of Representatives and Senate) but then needs to be approved by at least 38 states before it can become a law.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
An organization that defends Americans' basic rights by filing lawsuits and by trying to encourage lawmakers to pass laws that defend the rights such as deaf or hard of hearing individuals, immigrants, members within the LGBTQ community, members of different races, and women.
Anti-Semitism
Collective behavior towards individuals who are Jewish and may include the destruction of their property or discrimination by being treated unfairly.
Appeal
A formal legal challenge that can be made when someone doesn't agree with a court's decision. This challenge is filed with a higher court.
Aspire
Setting goals and doing things to help you accomplish your goals
Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which lists the basic rights of American citizens, such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press
Civil Law
Laws that focus on the rights of people when those rights have been violated. For constitutional rights cases, the court can fix a problem that someone brings to their attention like when the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia didn't have the right to not allow two people with different color skins to get married.
Columbia Law School
One of the best law schools in America located within Columbia University, an Ivy League school in New York City.
Cornell University
A highly respected Ivy League university located in Upstate New York.
Court of law
The place where a trial takes place and legal issues are settled
Criminal Law
A criminal law case is when the government will try to make a case against an individual who has been accused of a crime. A jury or a judge will decide if they're guilty or not but if they're guilty they could go to jail, have to pay a fine, or even both.
Defendant
In a criminal case, the defendant is the person who has been charged with a crime by the government. In a civil case, the defendant can be a person, a business, or a government agency that is being sued for doing something wrong.
Dissent
When a Supreme Court Justice disagrees with the opinion of the majority of the nine judges.
Equal Protection Clause
The part of the U.S. Constitution, in the Fourteenth Amendment, that bans states from refusing or not giving any person "equal protection of the laws."