A court can change statutory law by interpretation of the statutory law. correct answers True
The meeting of the states that we now call the Constitutional Convention was attended by delegates from all 13 of the original colonies which became the first thirteen states. correct answers False
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A court can change statutory law by interpretation of the statutory law. correct answers True
The meeting of the states that we now call the Constitutional Convention was attended by
delegates from all 13 of the original colonies which became the first thirteen states. correct
answers False
The Enumerated Powers Clause is found in the First (1st ) Amendment. correct answers False
Regulation standardizes private, business activities. correct answers True
The New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention was to follow the Articles of
Confederation and continue to make all the states equal in representation in the newly
structured national government. correct answers True
Eminent Domain is found in the Fifth (5th) Amendment. correct answers True
Law is a collection of rules and regulations that tells us how we can interact with other people
and with our government AND the enforcement of those rules and regulations. correct
answers True
It only took nine states to ratify the Constitution. correct answers True
The government can take away your property if it has a substantial governmental interest for
the taking. correct answers False
A city ordinance passed by the Bryan City Council is statutory law. correct answers True
The Federalist Papers were written by Thomas Jefferson. correct answers False
The hot-bed for anti-British sentiment and then independence was New England. correct
answers True
The heart of the common law system is the doctrine of stare decisis. correct answers True
The Third (3rd) Amendment does not apply to the States. correct answers True
The last state of the original thirteen states to ratify the Constitution was Rhode Island.
correct answers True
Common Law always leads to uniformity. correct answers False
When it comes to obscenity issues, the Supreme Court has established several different
standards but currently uses a community standard for obscenity. correct answers True
An example of a Jim Crow law in Texas that was declared illegal by the Supreme Court
during World War II was the Texas Grandfather Rule. correct answers False
An injunction is a form of equitable remedies. correct answers True
,Police today can stop a suspected criminal today without a warrant if the police have a
reasonable suspicion of a crime. correct answers True
The Constitutional Right of Privacy discuss in Roe v. Wade is found in the 9th Amendment.
correct answers False
Legislative Law is also called Administrative Law. correct answers False
What we now call the Constitutional Convention of 1789 was held in Annapolis, Maryland.
correct answers False
The first form of government used by the United States was/is a Constitutional form of
government. correct answers False
The powers of the national government are found in the Reserved Powers Clause. correct
answers False
The Revolutionary War began in Boston, Massachusetts. correct answers False
Plessy v. Ferguson dealt with a farmer who grew an illegal crop of wheat. correct answers
False
The problems of the Articles of Confederation led to the Chaotic Period. correct answers
True
Making the individual parts of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states is called
Incorporation. correct answers True
There are three (3) types of judicial systems, criminal, civil and administrative. correct
answers True
The Supreme Court accepts the cases based on the Rule of Fours. correct answers True
When a minor chooses to void out a contract it is called ratification. correct answers False
The 5th Amendment allows a person to refuse to testify against themselves in a civil trial but
not in a criminal trial. correct answers False
Depositions are written questions to the opposing party or witnesses. correct answers False
If a contract is found to be unconscionable, then it is voidable by the person taken advantage
of in the contract. correct answers False
Oral argument is limited to one (1) hour per side. correct answers False
The appellee is the party who brings the appeal to the appeallate court. correct answers False
, When a doctor tells you to take medicine and you will get better and you do take the
medicine but it makes you worse, you can sue the doctor for fraud and you will win in a
common law court. correct answers False
Regulation is done by administrative law. correct answers True
In mediation the fee is usually split between the litigants. correct answers True
A subsequent modification of a written contract must also be in writing due to the parol
evidence rule. correct answers False
Municipal Courts are courts of record state-wide in Texas. correct answers False
The basic building blocks of a contract are promises but promises alone do not made a
contract. correct answers True
Compensatory damages are also called special damages. correct answers False
A County Court judge is elected in a partisan election held county-wide in Texas. correct
answers True
Attempting to get a Judge to add missing elements to a contract is literally throwing one's self
on the mercy of the court and is rarely successful. correct answers True
A court ordered performance of the contract is called rescission. correct answers False
Felonies are heard in County Court at Law as well as the District Court in Texas. correct
answers False
A bilateral contract is a mutual exchange of legally enforceable promises. correct answers
True
With expressed power comes apparent authority. correct answers False
Texas has two highest courts of appeals. correct answers True
An offer is valid when it is sent by the offeror to the offeree. correct answers False
There are a total of eleven (11) Federal Courts of Appeal for the United States. correct
answers False
If the offeree becomes insane, the offer is terminated. correct answers True
The Supreme Court always hears cases en banc. correct answers True
A unilateral contact can only be accepted by total, complete, performance of ALL of the
terms of the offer. correct answers True
A court case begins with the Plaintiff filing a petition or complaint. correct answers True
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