Criminal Law
Tort Law
Crime in America
Legislatures and Federalism
The U.S. Judicial System
100
This is the reason why someone would intentionally commit a crime.
What is motive?
100
This is money that is paid to the plaintiff to compensate them for any harm caused by the defendant.
What are damages?
100
This is the branch of government which decides what is a crime.
What is the legislative branch?
100
These are the two houses of congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
There are this many members on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is 9?
200
Each element of a crime must be proven beyond this.
What is reasonable doubt?
200
In this type of tort, the offender has failed to use reasonable care and has caused harm.
What is negligence?
200
People in this age group are the most likely to be the victim of a crime.
What are teenagers?
200
A sheriff is usually the head law enforcer at this level of government.
What is county?
200
This the length of the term of a Supreme Court Justice.
What is life (or until retirement)?
300
A person who helps the principal or accomplice avoid capture knowing they have committed a crime might be charged with this.
What is accessory after the fact?
300
People often retain this type of insurance, which protects them against certain damages should they be sued.
What is liability insurance?
300
These are 2 of the many reasons why people have proposed that crime has markedly declined in the past 20 years.
What are: better policing tactics, improved economy, youth are a smaller percentage of the population, a "critical mass" of criminals in jail, better social programs, ( I will accept the freakanomics argument)
300
This is the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is 435?
300
This is considered to be the most liberal appellate court in the U.S.
What is the 9th Circuit? (San Francisco)
400
When you don't do something you are required to do, it is called this.
What is a crime of omission?
400
These damages awarded to the plaintiff are merely symbolic and meant to show that the court agrees with that side.
What are nominal damages?
400
This law created a federal background check system for people attempting to purchase firearms.
What is the Brady Act?
400
These are at least 3 of the many functions of city or local government.
What are: fire, police, education, garbage collection, road maintenance, snow removal, many others I will accept.
400
This is the correct order of the Federal Court system from bottom to top.
What is U.S. District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals, The Supreme Court?
500
This crime could be defined as to ask, command, urge, or advise another person to commit a crime.
What is a crime of solicitation?
500
These are the two ways in which tort law protects property.
What are that it protects against interference with the owner’s exclusive use and protects against property being taken or damaged
500
This man is perhaps the most famous police officer of the 1990s and was both NYC and LA's "top cop."
Who is William F. Bratton?
500
This is the only state that has a unicameral legislature.
What is Nebraska?
500
This man was the Chief Justice before the current one.
Who was William Rehnquist?
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