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This pretrial process allows parties to obtain evidence from each other through interrogatories, depositions, and requests for documents.
What is Discovery?
This Constitutional Amendment allows for the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This is the formal statement made by an attorney at trial to frame the case for the jury.
What is an opening statement/closing argument?
This court case established the principle of Judicial Review in the Supreme Court.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This Kardashian enrolled in California’s Law Office Study Program in 2018 and is now eligible to take the Bar Exam.
Who is Kim Kardashian?
This term refers to a court’s power to be the first to hear/decide a case.
What is Original Jurisdiction?
The government has these powers, which are not found in the Constitution.
What are implied powers?
This term refers to the questioning of potential jurors to ensure a fair and impartial jury.
What is voire dire?
This case made it mandatory for police to read you your rights after being arrested.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
In 1995, this former NFL star was on trial for the murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
Not so common? This common-law principle refers to the need to follow legal precedent when deciding cases.
What is stare decisis?
Although seldom applied, the 3rd Amendment protects citizens from the obligation to provide housing to these people.
What are soldiers/troops?
This courtroom procedure involves challenging potential jurors to exclude them without giving a reason, limited in number for each side.
What is a Peremptory Challenge?
In Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled that this action was constitutionally-protected.
What is burning the American flag?
In his defamation trial in 2022, this person accused his ex-wife of multiple incidents, including one where she allegedly pooped on their shared bed.
Who is Johnny Depp?
This term is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court to determine if the person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful.
What is Habeas Corpus?
This Constitutional test is used to determine whether government action violates the Establishment Clause.
What is the Lemon Test?
This term describes a lawyer’s formal request to a court to exlcude certain evidence from being presented at trial.
What is a motion in limine?
In this case, the Court ruled that Congress could establish a national bank. Someone tell Alexander Hamilton.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This rapper was recently (2025) found not guilty on counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after a confrontation with former friend, Terell Ephron in Hollywood.
Who is A$AP Rocky?
This term refers to a brief filed by a party in support of another before the court. How friendly.
What is Amicus curiae?
Can the police stop and frisk? Yes, according to this 1968 Supreme Court case.
What is Terry v. Ohio?
This type of judicial order prohibits parties from speaking publicly about a case in order to ensure a fair trial.
What is a Gag Order?
President Lincoln’s right to blockade Southern ports was upheld in a group of cases known by this name.
What are the Prize Cases?
This former Trump Organization lawyer famously testified in the 2024 trial against Donald Trump, providing key evidence about hush money payments made during the 2016 election.
Who is Michael Cohen?