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“Slander” is a written defamation, and “libel” is a spoken defamation.

“Discovery” is a specific term which is limited to depositions.

Federal courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear any civil cases.

Breaking in a dwelling at night to carry out a felony is known as common law:

An intrusion such as an illegal wiretap would be classified as an invasion of privacy tort.

Statutes written by legislators are contained in volumes known as codes.

Appellate jurisdiction is a court’s authority:

The state supreme court automatically hears all appeals in New Jersey.

A professional basketball player is infuriated by a newspaper article that exposes his gambling habits.  To win a defamation lawsuit, he does not need to prove that the journalist wrote the story with actual malice.

What does 1.21 says is the danger of “both-sidesing” (false balance) in journalism?