Objection
So you agree the defendant, Sara is a terrible person, right?
What is relevance?
How many members are in a jury?
12!
This Constitutional legal scholar from New York, came to Drury's campus last spring.
Who is Melissa Murray?
Before being repealed in 1821, St. Louis bachelors were required to pay a $1 _____ Tax.
What is the Bachelors Tax?
Elle Woods enrolls at Harvard Law School in this movie.
What is Legally Blonde?
Madalene testifies: I know the defendant Sara stole the laptop because my roommate told me she did.
What is hearsay?
You must have this in order for a court to hear your lawsuit?
What is standing?
This amendment's Due Process Clause has been used to "incorporate" most of the Bill of Rights against the states.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This Class B Felony publishable by 5-15 years in prison prohibits this act involving someone elses livestock.
What is Cattle Theft?
This man was aquitted of murder because the what "did not fit"?
What is the glove?
What is relevance?
If you lose your case at trial, what court may you appeal to next?
What is the Court of Appeals?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
If you're a car dealership in Missouri, you can wash cars, service cars, and admire cars on Sunday, but you can't do this.
What is selling cars?
In this movie, Joe Pesci tries his cousins murder case in Alabama, despite not ever having been in a courtroom previously.
What is My Cousin Vinny?
The prosecutor asks the witness: The laptop you stole was black, correct?
What is leading?
Who is the most recent appointee to the US Supreme Court?
Who is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This 1954 case ruled segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause and also included a Springfield family as one of the Plaintiffs.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
An old Missouri law intended to prevent brothels prohibited more than this many unrelated women from living together in one apartment.
What is 3?
Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson in this adaptation of a Harper Lee novel.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Sara is asked a question about stealing the laptop, but answers by talking about her pet cat.
What is nonresponsive?
How many US Court of Appeals are there?
This legal doctrine allows the federal government to exercise powers not explicitly listed in the Constitution through the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What are implied powers?
Since 1997 Missouri has outlawed this form of entertainment in which humans compete against a large furry animal.
What is Bear Wrestling?
Matthew McConaughey plays a defense attorney who works out of this car, that also gives rise to the movies name.
What is The Lincoln Lawyer