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The constitution specifically establishes
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A. Only the Supreme Court
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The first source of law is called.
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B. Common law
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The law which are passes by legislatures are called...
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B. statutory law
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The title held by John G. Roberts Jr. is....
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D. Chief Justice of the United States
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The opinion written to explain why a court ruled the way it did is called
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C. the majority opinion
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In the citation Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113 (1973), the number 410 refers to
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B. the volume of the official case reporter for the US Supreme Court.
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The first Amendment
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D. all of the above
(-was adopted in 1791,-contains guarantees protecting five civil rights,-was not actually intended to be the 'first' amendment) |
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The Supreme Court begins its annual session on
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B. the first Monday in October
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In order to sue for libel, a public person must establish
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B. actual malice
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Identification requires...
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D. that a substantial minority of the community recognize the person libeled
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Words that are libelous per se
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A. are libelous on their face-like thief, liar, etc
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Groups of people
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C. May or may not be able to file for libel, depending on the size of the group
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Publication in libel requires proof that the
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A. libel has been seen by at least one person other than the person libeled.
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Generally speaking, on-line service providers
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B. are not held accountable for websites they provide to subscribers.
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Private persons burden of fault
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C. may be negligence or actual malice, depending of the nature of libel.
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