One canon of statutory construction holds that a court will decide a case without addressing a constitutional issue if possible alternative grounds exist
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Courts rely heavily on history in interpreting the First Amendment. 2. The Supreme Court held that a clergy-led prayer at a high school graduation ceremony was unconstitutional. 3. Religion is defined as any belief in God. 4. The voluntary recitation of a prayer by children in public schools at the beginning of each day has been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 5. The Supreme Court has said that it is unconstitutional for students to pray at school.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. A man cannot be prosecuted in New York for raping his own wife. 2. In New York, children seldom have the right to independent counsel in legal proceedings concerning their welfare. 3. A same-sex marriage performed in New York will be recognized in every state of the United States. 4. Before the Married Women’s Property Acts passed in New York in the first half of the nineteenth century, married women were not allowed to own or inherit property in their own names.
U.S. Senators are immune from service of process.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Jury investigation is:
A) Looking at the family tree of potential jurors to a case B) The investigation of a jury pool including analysis of personality, professional background, and other characteristics to ascertain potential sympathies towards a client's cause of action C) The essential step of analyzing appellate level jurors D) None of the above