A peremptory challenge is used by attorneys in the jury selection process to excuse potential jurors without providing a reason why. In this lesson you will learn about the use of peremptory strikes, as well as the laws designed to protect the integrity of the process.
While the process of selecting jurors may be too boring to be featured in popular T.V. crime dramas, any seasoned trial attorney will tell you that a trial can be lost or won in jury selection. So, what exactly makes the process so important? And how do attorneys pick the 'best' jury for each case?
The jury selection process, also know as 'voir dire', involves attorneys from each side taking turns picking the jurors they believe will favor their position over their opponent's. The term peremptory challenge refers to the practice of excusing potential jurors without providing a reason why. Jurors may also be excluded because the attorneys and the judge believe that the juror, for whatever reason, can't be fair. This is called a 'for cause' challenge.
Mainly Public Bills as well as Private Bill can come before the Congress
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Answer: Options C and D
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Congress is responsible for making new legislation for the country; hence, every proposal for new legislation has to get the approval of House of Representatives and Senate.
Both foreign as well as domestic agenda are dealt with in these bills. Bills can be categorised into Public Bills and Private Bills.
- Public bills are those bills which deals with the issues relating to the general public or nation as a whole or any class of citizens
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- Private bills are those bills which deal with the matters pertaining to the individuals as well as organizations or issues affecting the government.
Answer:
true
Explanation:
The section 1, article 5 of the constitution of the United States of America bears the Full faith and credit clause, which highlights that the states within the country have duty to respect the judicial proceedings, public acts and records of every other state. A continental congress committee reported in 1781 that one of the things required by this clause of the constitution is that the operation of the judicial proceedings and the act of one state’s court contravenes those of the other states where they are being declared.
