Are each statement True/ False

______ 1. The 8^th Amendment guarantees your right to the assistance of counsel.

______ 2. Evidence seized in violation of your constitutional rights can be excluded from trial under the Exclusionary Rule.

______ 3. If the legislature has not passed a law, then a particular act is not a crime.

______ 4. Ex post facto laws that try to punish past behavior are constitutional.

______ 5. Our legal system was derived from English common law.

______ 6. The Bill of Rights applies to governmental actions.

______ 7. Laws that deal with the way in which the legal system handles a case are known as procedural rules.

______ 8. State courts can only hear cases involving state law.

______ 9. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it is known as subject matter jurisdiction.

______ 10. The only way to have a case heard in federal court is if the case involves a federal law or the U.S. Constitution.

______ 11. There are no defenses to a strict liability case- since it is liability without fault.

______ 12. When a person threatens you with physical violence, but does not carry it out- no tort has occurred.

______ 13. If a plaintiff is also at fault in causing their injury, they are negligent per se.

______ 14. The burden of proof in a civil case is clear and convincing evidence.

______ 15. Truth is a defense to a defamation case.