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20 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following statements is most correct? |
The law may allow behavior that would not be allowed by personal or professional ethics. |
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True/False: State court systems operate independently of the federal system, and of other state systems, under the authority of state constitutions and laws. |
True |
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Who decides whether a charge should be filed against an accused criminal? |
prosecuting attorney |
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Who makes common law, and how? |
courts, in deciding cases by interpreting the federal or a state constitution |
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What does a litigant who loses in a trial court have the right to in most situations? |
at least one appeal |
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True/ False: There is at least one US Circuit Court of Appeals in each state. |
False |
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Which of the following statements is false? |
The Constitution consists of ten articles and ten amendments. |
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What are courts that use juries and are the starting place for most legal actions also called? |
trial courts |
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True/ False: The US Supreme Court accepts review grants certiorari in a majority of the approximately two thousand paid petitions presented to it annually. |
False |
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Which of the following statements is true, according to the Trager text? |
Statutes are codified, or written and published, by elected legislative bodies and must be consistent with both the federal and the state's constitutions. |
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In the United States, what is the country's ultimate legal authority, the supreme law of the land? |
The US Constitution |
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What is the person who files a civil lawsuit known as? |
Plantiff |
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True/False: Federal regulatory agencies such as the FCC and the FTC have the authority to make rules that have the force of law. |
True |
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Which of the following is most correct, according to the Trager text? |
Criminal law punishes wrongs committed against society. |
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Which of the following statements is true, according to the discussion in the lesson? |
Law and ethics both promote social harmony. |
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Which of the following statements is false, according to the Trager text? |
The US Supreme Court cannot engage in judicial review of the constitutionality of the actions of the president and Congress. |
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Which of the following statements is false? |
All federal judges, including the justices on the US Supreme Court, can be removed by the president. |
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What is a basic responsibility of appeals courts? |
review the application of the law by the lower court to determine whether due process was carried out |
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Which of the following statements is correct, according to the Trager text? |
Judicial review is the power of courts to deem laws unconstitutional. |
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Which courts must follow the decisions precedents of a US Court of Appeals? |
the federal district courts under the jurisdiction of that US Court of Appeals |
