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One thing state and federal courts have in common is that the judges in both court systems are elected.

Law has the single most important influence on our daily lives.  A statement by John Locke, one of our greatest social philosophers reflects law’s significance — “Where there is no law, there is no __________________”.

In addition to the  very prominent and important due process clause, the Fifth Amendment contains other protections including all the following except:

In matters of state law after the decision is rendered by a state supreme court, the losing party has the option to start over in the federal court system.

There are two determinations made by a trial court – the final determination regarding the facts that can be proved and the _____________________________________. 

The Fourth Amendment primarily protects persons from:

There are many differences between civil and criminal law. The ones we studied include all the following except:    

For evidence to be heard by the jury at trial it must be:

A court is defined as an impartial tribunal established by law to hear and resolve disputes between persons, businesses and governmental entities.

Discovery is the procedure used by each the parties in litigation to obtain information from            the party opponent.