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Article III refers to Article III of the Constitution, the section of the Constitution that authorizes a federal court system.

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Baker v. Carr (1962) is the U.S. Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state’s drawing of electoral boundaries, i.e. redistricting, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

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A “balancing test” is defined as a subjective test with which a court weighs competing interests.

The United States Constitution authorizes Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 with the power to “establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States." The bankruptcy laws that Congress makes have to be within the scope of federal bankruptcy power.

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A bill of attainder is a piece of legislation that declares a party is guilty of a crime. Bills of attainder allow the government to punish a party for a perceived crime without first going through the trial process. 

The Bill of Rights refers to the first ten Amendments to the Constitution, which set out individual rights and liberties.

Blue law is a colloquial term for state statute or ordinance that forbids or regulates entertainment and commercial activities (ex. sale of liquor) on Sundays or religious holidays.

In Board of Education v. Earls, the Supreme Court held that the Tecumseh, Oklahoma School District’s policy requiring all students participating in extracurricular activities to consent to random drug testing did not violate the Fourth Amendment and was constitutional.

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a person had a Constitutional right to engage in homosexual sex.

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