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US legal System

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10th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name for laws that impose criminal responsibility for acts that were not crimes at the time the acts occurred?

Ex post facto laws
Habeas corpus laws
Codes
Constitutions

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The authority to hear a case is called?

Prior Restraint

Authorization

Affirmation

Jurisdiction

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Indictment

A formal charge.
A court ruling
A death sentence
A request for evidence.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is not a level of the federal court sysrtem?

Supreme Court
District Courts
Courts of Appeals
Special Courts

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is the Court of last resort in all federal opinions?

Appellate Court
District Court
Circuit Court
The Supreme Court

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is an opinion?

The views of the litigants in a case.
The decision of the Court.
The legal reasoning explaining a desicion
The jury's decision on a case.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Usually, the Supreme Court has what type of jurisdiction?  (They hear a lot of appeals)

Original
Appellate
Constitutional

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