Writ of Habeus Corpus: is a legal action which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into a court.

T.L.O case: is a decision by the Supreme Court addressing the constitutionality of a search of a public high school student for contraband after she was caught smoking.

P.A.C: Is a type of organization that campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives or legislation.

Diane Feinstein: U.S senator from California, served in the senate since 1992

Plank: any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election.

Gideon vs. Wainwright: In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required under the Fourteenth Amendment to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys, extending the identical requirement made on the federal government under the Sixth Amendment.

John McCain: An American politician and the senior U.S Senator from Arizona and was the republican presidential nominee in the 2008 U.S election

Libel: a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought

Quorum: is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group.

Criminal Law: is the body of law that relates to crime. It regulates social conduct and proscribes threatening, harming, or