Rule of Law Item Specs

Judges must use the same laws and procedures no matter who is on trial.

Which government officials are accountable (responsible) to the law?

Which document first established the principle of the rule of law?

How does the rule of law apply to you?

The law must be applied equally to everyone regardless of wealth, power, and other things that make people different.

The rule of law is meant to?

The U.S. Constitution says that nobody can be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without _______ ________of law.”

Which is NOT a principle of rule of law?

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that states must give everyone __________________________.

Without the rule of law, citizens would be treated unfairly. Which one does not belong?

If laws are going to apply to everyone, they must be?

Why did the Founding Fathers include the principle of Rule of Law in the U.S. Constitution?

The 6th Amendment says that people accused of a crime have the right to _________ to help them defend themselves.

In the United States, citizens elect people to represent them and expect them to make laws that?

How does checks and balances keep the branches from overstepping their powers?

What guarantees that the rights of the accused must apply to all citizens fairly and equally?

When the laws apply equally to everyone?

The rule of law ensures that no one, regardless of her or his position of power?

The rule of law helps to create _______ and _________ in society.

Why would it be easy for the government to abuse its power with no one having the right to say anything about it?

The ____________ guarantees that citizens accused of crimes have laws that protect them from unfair treatment.

Which Supreme Court case reinforced the idea of Rule Of Law?

Having a ______________ protects citizens against abuses of government powers.

The Constitution makes sure that government does not become too powerful by?

The rule of law also applies to the power of the?