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. ​The Confrontation Clause is found in the _____Amendment.

Under which Act may presidents deploy troops without a specific request from the state legislature or governor?

Sandstrom v. Montana  States that mandatory or irrebuttable _____ are unconstitutional in criminal prosecutions.

Your 12-year-old male patient presents with anterior knee pain and inflammation over the tibial tubercle. What condition do you suspect?

A patient complains of pain and tingling sensation in her hand that disrupts her sleep. Physical exam demonstrates positive Tinel’s sign and weakness of the thumb on the affected side. This is most suggestive of

Political communities with clearly defined borders (rather than vague frontiers), in which the governments have extensive power over citizens’ lives, are known as

The practice of obtaining criminal convictions based on hearsay was especially grievous in the infamous _____ trials in England.

. If a defendant refuses to enter a plea, the court will enter a plea of _____.

It has been held that courts should not take _____ of facts that are an element of the crime charged or serve as the basis for increased prison sentences.​

The dying declarations exception requires that the declarant be dead or otherwise _____ at the time of trial.​