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Our federal form of government provides for federal powers that are referred to as enumerated/delegated powers. These are expressed powers are shared between the federal and state governments.

The law is the single most important influence in our daily lives.

The First Amendment of the U.S. constitution contains 5 basic freedoms.  The four that are the most pertinent to our lives are:

To gain personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant the courts have:

These rights expressed in the Bill of Rights  were originally only protected from interference by the federal government.  The passage of the 14th amendment in 1868 extended these limitations and protections to state governments.

The Sixth Amendment contains several personal freedom guarantees that protect a person charged with a crime including all the following except:

At the trial level courts make two determinations.  The jury decides questions of fact and the judge decides ________________ .

An appellate court reviews the proceedings conducted in a lower court to determine if the lower court __________________________ .

The law creates rights, duties and privileges.  A duty is ___________________________________.

The United States Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.