American Legal System
Makes the decision on sentencing and presides in objection fights.
What is a Judge?
An out-of-court statement used to prove the truth of the matter asserted
What is Hearsay?
It’s illegal to run out of gas
What is Ohio's Weird Law
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Set in a fictional New York City corporate law firm, the series follows a college dropout with an eidetic memory, as he works as an associate for a successful and charismatic attorney. They win lawsuits and close cases, while at the same time hiding a secret of never having attended law school.
One who is legally appointed to transact business on another's behalf
What is Attorney?
The evidence presented in court has not been properly authenticated or there is insufficient proof of its relevance and reliability
What is Lack of Foundation?
You Can’t Send Unsolicited Pizza
What is Louisiana's Weird Law
a trial held in Fairfax County, Virginia, from April 11 to June 1, 2022, that ruled on allegations of defamation between formerly married American actors. The plaintiff filed a complaint of defamation against defendant claiming $50 million in damages; The jury unanimously found that the ex-wife could not substantiate her allegations and that she knew her claims of abuse were false when she published her 2018 essay.
What is Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard?
A 2022 South Korean television series. It follows a female rookie attorney with autism, who is hired by a major law firm in Seoul. Being different from her neurotypical peers, her manner of communication is seen by them as odd, awkward, and blunt. With each legal case and through her intelligence and photographic memory, she becomes an increasingly competent attorney.
What is Extraordinary Attorney Woo?
A legal system which relies heavily on court precedent in formal adjudications. Even when a statute is at issue, judicial determinations in earlier court cases are extremely critical to the court’s resolution of the matter before it.
What is Common Law?
A question or statement that presumes unproved facts to be true
What is Assumes Facts Not in Evidence?
If you’re over 14 years old you cannot trick-or-treat
What is Virginia's Weird Law
a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, who were stabbed to death. The trial is often characterized as the trial of the century because of its international publicity and has been described as the "most publicized" criminal trial in history.
What is The People v. O. J. Simpson?
A 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic (in his feature directorial debut). The story follows a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend by getting a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School, and in the process, overcomes stereotypes and triumphs as a successful lawyer.
What is Legally Blonde?
A term for how the United States District Courts are the trial-level courts; the United States Court of Appeals is the first level court of appeal; and the United States Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the law.
What is Court Hierarchy?
A witness creates a material fact not included in his or her official record. A material fact is one that would likely impact the outcome of the case.
What is Unwarranted Extrapolation?
A bingo game cannot last more than five hours
What is North Carolina's Weird Law
a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and therefore they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
A 1957 American independent legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet in his feature film debut. The film tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of a teenager charged with murder on the basis of reasonable doubt; disagreement and conflict among the jurors forces them to question their morals and values.
What is 12 Angry Men?
A term for formal power of a court to exercise judicial authority over a particular matter OR the geographic distribution of courts of particular levels
What is Jurisdiction?
Questions directed to the witness attempt to influence the witness' testimony by inserting the attorney's opinion
What is Argumentative?
No Seaweed Collection at night
What is New Hampshire's Weird Law?
a landmark decision in Korea that ruled in favor of granting protection of married couple rights to gay couples
What is So Seong-wook Kim Yong-min court case?
A 2011 Korean film. The victim's husband is designated as a prime suspect in a murder case in which a body disappears. As a lawyer digs into the case to prove the innocence of the husband, who was indicted based only on circumstantial evidence and without clear evidence, he discovers suspicious facts and learns about the man's past, ending the film with a shocking twist.
What is 의뢰인 The Client?