Exam judi part 2

• Harrison Tax Act

It was a federal law that regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates and coca products. Although framed as a tax measure, it effectively criminalized non‑medical use of narcotics, marking the beginning of federal drug prohibition in the United States.

• Jane Crow and the Law summary

That women experience a sort of jim crow law because the syste has shut the out and original intention was not to include them. Makes comparriosn with voting laws etc

• Critical legal theory

The evaluation of American legal ontology and epistemology through a racial and gendered lens. Both broad examination of race and sex/gender in law and society and narrow examination of race and sex/gender in everyday life

• Originalism

Theory that law interpreted based on original meaning or intent

• Textualism (strict constructivism)

Law should be strictly interpreted based on what law says

• Constructivism (living constitutionaloism

Constitution made for the people and not the people for the constitution (FDR), Interpretation should evolve as the public does

• Chilsom V Georgia

was a Supreme Court case that addressed whether a state could be sued in federal court by a private citizen from another state. It is significant because it led directly to the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment. he Eleventh Amendment limits when states can be sued in federal court. Its core purpose is to protect state sovereign immunity

• Case of Brown v Board

The Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, declaring that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in education and launched nationwide desegregation efforts.