1. Federal courts have the authority to hear which of the following cases:
cases involving diversity of citizenship
cases where the US government is a party to the action
cases involving bankruptcy
cases involving interstate commerce
all of the above are correct
2. the first amendment provides protection for which of the following types of speech?
Political speech by an individual
political speech by a corporation
reasonable commercial speech by a business
A & C only?
A, B & C
3. In order to have the power to resolve a dispute between two parties, a court must have:
Jurisdiction over the subject matter of the dispute
jurisdiction over the parties
jurisdiction over the bailiff
a & b
A, B, and C
4. The American judicial system:
there is a federal system including District Courts, Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court and a similar system of trial and appeals court in each state
state court decisions may not be appealed in the U.S supreme court
federal courts usually will defer the state court decisions
every state court system has trial courts where disputes are initially brought and tried. these are courts of:
limited jurisdiction
special jurisdiction
original jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
5. whatever powers are not exclusively conferred to the federal government
reserved to the states
reserved to the congress
reserved to the supreme court
none of the above is correct
6. which of the following is a discovery procedure:
interrogatory
bill of particulars
examination before trial
all of the above
7. a state statute declared the advertising of prices of prescription drugs by a licensed pharmacist to be unprofessional conduct. The statute should be:
upheld because commercial speech is not protected by the first Amendment
upheld as a reasonable exercise of the states policing powers
struck down because of commercial speech is protected if it concerns a lawful activity and it is not misleading
struck down because the sale of drugs must be dealt with on a sensitive level
8. which of the following alternative dispute resolution methods is nonbinding and involves a third a third party that proposes possible solutions for the disputants to consider?
consensual arbitration
conciliation
compulsory arbitration
mediation
9. the power of judicial review:
is limited to review actions of the executive branch
enables courts to review laws enacted that may be unconstitutional
refers to liberal interpretations of remedial statutes
is expressly conferred to the US senate
10. the US constitution provides that judicial power ( the court system) is:
determined by congress establishing such courts as deemed necessary
in one supreme court and lower courts determined by the supreme court
in one supreme court and in lower courts as congress deems necessary
none of the above
11. if the supreme court accepts a case or appeal it:
grants a brief of appeal
grants original jurisdiction
grants exclusive jurisdiciton
grants a writ of certiorari
12. in some rare cases, the Supreme court has:
appellate jurisdiction
jurisdicion over state law matters
original and exclusive (final jurisdiction)
right to accept all appeals