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The Preamble to the Constitution is a great example of this type of ‘need’ for laws.

• Need to Protect People’s Safety

• Need to Promote Common Good

• Need to Protect Individual Freedoms

• Need to Protect People’s Property

Tom has been arrested for a crime, and been notified of his arraignment date. What will happen at this arraignment?

• Tom will be formally charged with a crime and will enter a plea.

• Tom will only hear the charge against him.

• Tom will be told that his preliminary hearing has been postponed.

• Tom will receive the verdict regarding whether the judge finds him guilty or not.

In a civil case, lawyers conduct discovery to gather information. What are two specific methods that a lawyer may use in the process?

• Dispositions and speeches

• Subpoenas and testimonies

• Dispositions and testimonies

• Subpoenas and dispositions

What are legal codes?

• A way to group laws in order to access and understand them better

• Anything related to the way a criminal trial should be run

• A way to make lawyers explain laws to their clients

• A way to understand what a single law may mean to society

What is one of the ways the President communicates his legislative agenda?

• State of the Union Address

• Executive Orders

• Vice President

• Executive Orders

What are executive orders?

• Orders to Congress in the event of war.

• Rules and regulations that government officials must follow.

• Orders from Congress to the President on how to conduct foreign policy.

• Presidential decrees on how to interpret the Constitution.

How might the President keep information from Congress and the courts?

• Presidential oversight

• Presidential pardons

• Executive orders

• Executive privilege

According to the US Constitution, which of the following is a presidential power?

• Negotiate treaties with other countries.

• Help Congress appoint judges.

• Independently spend money appropriated by Congress.

• Prosecute high crimes against the United States.

What is one responsibility of a state supreme court?

• Reviews evidence to decide who is right.

• Hears cases for the first time.

• Reviews the appeal court decisions for errors.

• Review the trial court decisions for errors.

According to the Missouri Constitution, who holds the power to taxation?

• General Assembly

• Secretary of State

• Treasurer

• Governor