Glossary

  • Direct action

    a protest method involving using peaceful tactics, such as sit-ins, demonstrations, and boycotts

  • Disbarred

    revoking one’s license to practice law

  • Disparity

    a difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair.

  • Dissent

    When a Justice does not agree with the majority vote on a case.

  • Dissent

    A formal written expression by a justice who has a different point of view on major or minor issues in a case that rejects the result reached by the majority.

  • Dissenting Opinion

    A formal written expression by a justice who has a different point of view on major or minor issues in a case that rejects the result reached by the majority.

  • District courts

    A court that conducts trials of cases.

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Leader of the nonviolence movement in Civil Rights.

  • Draftee

    A person who is involuntarily enlisted in military service.

  • Due Process

    Fair treatment through the normal judicial system.