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For a person to be convicted of criminal behavior, the state must ________.

Pursuant to the ________, evidence resulting from unreasonable searches and seizures cannot be used in criminal prosecutions

Some courts hold defendants liable only for the reasonably foreseeable results of their negligence.

The Takings Clause of the United States Constitution is triggered by the doctrine of respondeat superior.

In determining whether a governmental action has unconstitutionally infringed on an individual’s right, the court must balance the governmental need to do the action against the intrusion on the individual’s rights.

If the consideration given by the contracting parties has legal value, courts generally do not concern themselves with whether the parties received any actual value in exchange for their promises or whether the promises or performances exchanged were of relatively equal value.

In negligence law, the “reasonable person” is ________.

If parties to a dispute are from different states, and the amount involved in the dispute is $75,000 or more, the plaintiff may choose to bring suit in either state or federal court.

Criminal prosecutions are brought by the prosecutor on behalf of the government.

Under strict scrutiny analysis, to demonstrate that a government action is constitutional, the government must demonstrate that ________.