Terms
The process of a lawyer raising formal protest in the courtroom.
What is an objection?
Referred to as the “Supreme Law of the Land”
What is the Constitution?
a system of law concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes.
What is Criminal Law?
1973 U.S. Supreme Court case legalized abortion nationwide
What is Roe V. Wade?
the evidence does not make any fact of consequence more or less probable.
What is relevance?
The duty to prove disputed facts (usually the prosecution).
What is the burden of proof?
This article of the constitution creates the judicial system.
What is Article III?
Type of law that oversees business management, operation, and formation.
1954 U.S. Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
witness is asked to relate a statement other than a statement made by the declarant during present testimony.
What is hearsay?
A jury verdict that a criminal defendant is not guilty, or the finding of a judge that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction.
What is an acquittal?
Adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777; served as the first US constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
helps people who can no longer pay their debts get a fresh start by liquidating assets to pay their debts or by creating a repayment plan
What is Bankrupsy Law?
1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review
What is Marburg V. Madison?
challenges the admissibility of evidence in court because it doesn't meet the foundational requirements.
What is lack of foundation?
A crime punishable by death.
What is a capital offense?
the penman who, after the text of the Constitution had been agreed on, engrossed it prior to the signing.
Who is Jacob Shallus?
A body of law that governs navigation and shipping (also known as maritime law).
What is Admiral Law?
1969 U.S. Supreme Court case established the “clear and present danger” test for free speech
What is Brandenburg V. Ohio?
evidence of a person’s character or a character trait cannot be used to prove that person acted in conformity with his or her character or character trait on a particular occasion.
What is improper character evidence?
An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
What is a deposition?
has the authority to remove an Article III judge (impeach someone from the Supreme Court).
What is Congress?
A type of law that protects patents, copyright and trademarks.
What is Intellectual Property Law?
1995 the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause when it passed a law prohibiting gun possession in local school zones.
What is United States V. Lopez?
no evidence supports that the witness has personal knowledge over the matter that is the subject of testimony.
What is lack of personal knowledge?