Millsap Pols 2312: Ch 8 The Judicial System
Federal courts have been leaders in __________.
a
Most criminal activities are defined and their punishments established in the __________.
c
Even minor disputes in lower courts can be costly and time-consuming because __________.
b
The authority of a court to try or resolve a civil lawsuit or a felony prosecution being heard for the first time is known as __________.
b
Texas has a bifurcated court system at its highest level in which __________.
d
Unlike federal judges, who are appointed by the president to life terms, state judges in Texas, except for those on municipal courts, are __________.
d
__________ typically handle cases concerning things such as traffic tickets.
c
Most municipal courts and justice of the peace courts __________.
a
Why did Texas create constitutional county courts?
b
Constitutional county courts __________.
d
What characterizes statutory county courts?
c
The primary trial court in Texas is the __________.
d
A plea bargain results when the defendant negotiates __________.
c
Intermediate courts of appeals __________.
d
The framers of the Texas Constitution of 1876 created separate courts of last resort for civil and criminal cases __________.
a
What is the primary purpose of the Texas Supreme Court?
c
Both the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals __________.
b
In what way does the district attorney (DA) exercise considerable power in the criminal justice process?
c
Grand juries __________.
d
Petit juries __________.
b
Convicting a defendant on a felony charge in Texas __________.
a
Cases reach the Texas Supreme Court primarily on __________.
a
The Texas Supreme Court __________.
c
When a case reaches an appellate court __________.
d
What is the purpose of writs of mandamus on which the Texas Supreme Court sometimes acts?
a
Most of the minorities who have served on the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals __________.
b
What effect did League of United Latin American Citizens et al. v. Mattox et al. have on the Texas judicial system?
d
Prior to the 1970s, how did most justices interpret the law in Texas?
c
Why did the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly sanction Texas Supreme Court Justices C. L. Ray and William Kilgarlin in June 1987?
d
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Hill resigned from the court in 1988 to advocate for a merit selection plan that would __________.
b
In 1998, the Republican Party won __________ seats on the Texas Supreme Court.
b
Legislation enacted in 1987 aimed at bringing about tort reform attempted __________.
a
In reports issued in 1999, 2008, and 2012, Texas Watch, a consumer advocacy group, __________.
c
What benefits are offered by a nonpartisan election system for judges, which some advocate be used in Texas?
b
If stricter limits were placed on campaign funds that judicial candidates could raise from lawyers and special interests, which of the following would be the most likely result?
d
Under both the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, a person charged with a crime is presumed __________.
b
Under the __________ ruling, police are required by the courts to inform us of our rights.
c
Following the completion of the Republican takeover of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998, that court __________.
a
What was the result of the Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1989 Edgewood school case?
a
The Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1998 Operation Rescue-National v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. __________.
c