American Government
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The Constitution divided the Government into three branches. What are the three branches?
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
A licensed professional who advises and represents others in legal matters.
What is a Lawyer?
There are 50 U.S. Senators.
False - 100 U.S. Senators
What Law School did Elle Woods Attend?
What is Harvard Law/Harvard University?
This Amendment protects freedom of speech
What is the First Amendment?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called ______?
What is the Bill of Rights?
A criminal offense of making false statements while under oath.
What is Perjury?
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States.
True
Philip Banks, runs for Superior Court Judge against his former law school mentor in an episode of what 1990s famous sitcom?
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
True or false? The plaintiff is a person accused of a crime in a court of law.
What is false?
The Declaration of Independence was originally written by ________?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The final decision of a jury at the end a trial.
What is a verdict?
Alaska was the last state to be admitted into the union as the 50th state.
False - Hawaii
Premiering in 1999 as the second series in the "Law & Order" franchise, what does the SVU stand for in "Law & Order: SVU?"
What is Special Victims Unit?
In the United States, when you graduate Law School, you are the recipient of a J.D. degree. What does J.D. stand for?
What is Juris Doctor?
Where was the first capital city of the United States located?
What is New York City?
In a criminal case, the ______ is the lawyer that brings charges against the defendant.
What is a Prosecutor?
The Constitution replaced the Bill of Rights.
False - The constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation
This famous daytime court figure is a former Detroit gang member that went on to become the youngest judge in Michigan’s history, and served as a Superior Court Judge for Michigan’s 36th district.
Who is Judge Greg Mathis?
Name 2 common objections.
What is Speculation, Relevance, Hearsay, Leading, Argumentative, Lack of Foundation, Lack of personal knowledge.
An order by President Lincoln during the Civil War that ended slavery in the confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you." This phrase is also known as your ____ Rights.
What are Miranda Rights?
Your principal only needs reasonable suspicion to search you while at school.
What is True?
Annalise Keating, from the sitcom How to Get Away with Murder, is a criminal defense professor at what fictional university?
What is Middleton University?
This case ended illegal segregation in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?