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

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

The First Amendment protection of speech applies to three classifications of speech (fully protected, limited protected and unprotected speech).   Limited protected speech is speech that:

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

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

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.

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

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

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

One of these differences in civil law and criminal law is the basis of what is being tried.  In civil law  the court makes determinations regarding the issues involved in the case and providing the proper remedy to the situation.  In criminal law the court makes determinations regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused and: