2.6, 3.12 review

A court trial begins with:

• Opening statements

• Case-in-Chief

• Rebuttal

• Closing Statements

What are the two main classifications of court cases?

• Misdemeanor and Constitutional

• Criminal and Basic

• Civil and Wrongful

• Civil and Criminal

_______ is what lawyers use to try to prove their client's side of the story is what really happened.

• The verdict

• Evidence

• The jury

• The judge

The 12 people who listen to evidence and decide a case are called the

• plaintiffs

• jury.

• defendants.

• litigators.

The decision of a jury is called the

• trial.

• evidence.

• verdict.

• appeal.

The Supreme Court's ability to say that something is unconstitutional is called

• the ethical question.

• the litmus test.

• judicial review.

• a supermajority (also called 2/3 vote)

In a ____________ case, a person accused of breaking the law will be tried for a misdemeanor or a felony.

• civil

• criminal

• tort

• valedictory

In a ____________ case, a court settles a disagreement between two people or groups.

• civil

• criminal

• tort

• valedictory

What basic freedom does the "right to remain silent" protect, and how does it affect those arrested?

• The right to freedom of speech; it provides them the ability to speak with an attorney
• Protection against self-incrimination; it informs them speaking to law enforcement could incriminate them
• Protection of due process; it prevents convicted offenders from cruel & unusual punishment
• The right to freedom of assembly; it prevents law enforcement from asking questions without an attorney

The belief that conversations between the president and his aides are confidential is

• civil rights

• executive privilege

• segregation

• symbolic speech