If you have to appear in court because of a traffic violation, you are most likely to visit a ...

If you have to appear in court because of a traffic violation, you are most likely to visit a municipal court or justice of the peace court.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 2

Civil lawsuits involve conflicts between two or more parties.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 3

Some courts have only original jurisdiction, meaning they can only try cases heard for the second time.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 4

What was the result of the Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1989 Edgewood school case?
 
  a. It ordered basic changes in the financing of public K12 education in order to provide more equity between rich and poor school districts.
  b. It ruled that schools could pump as much water as they wanted from wells located on school property.
  c. It ordered an increase in hiring of minorities through a quota system that would allow for greater diversity among school staff.
  d. It ruled that public K12 schools could no longer allow prayer or discussion of religion in a classroom as it violated the principle of separation of church and state.

 Q. 5

The Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1998 Operation Rescue-National v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. __________.
 
  a. overturned the state law prohibiting state funds from being used for medically necessary abortions
  b. defined life as beginning at inception, thereby making abortion subject to criminal prosecution as murder
  c. upheld restrictions of a lower court on demonstrations near abortion clinics and the homes of doctors who performed abortions
  d. overturned a series of restrictions ( including informed consent and parental approval for minors) on abortions enacted by the state legislature

 Q. 6

The vast majority of litigation in the United States is handled by federal courts as opposed to state courts.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

 Q. 7

Following the completion of the Republican takeover of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1998, that court __________.
 
  a. began ruling more frequently in favor of prosecutors
  b. increased the rate at which it overturned death sentences
  c. expanded its jurisdiction to include civil cases involving claims of more than 1 million
  d. ruled that Texas's method of execution in death penalty cases must be changed from the electric chair to lethal injection