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Must-Know (7)

Thurgood Marshall 14x $846 avg J:1 DJ:12 FJ:1

DJ $400 2001 This future justice was chief counsel for the NAACP from 1938 to 1950

DJ $800 1993 This Chief Justice served as a captain in the Third Virginia Regiment during the American Revolution

DJ $1,600 2010 He married Mary Ambler in 1783, 20 years before deciding Marbury v. Madison

Sandra Day O'Connor 12x $433 avg J:3 DJ:9

DJ $400 2010 She married John in 1952, 29 years before Reagan appointed her to the Supreme Court

DJ $600 1994 She was a lawyer for the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957

J $1,600 DD 2023 In 1973 became the Arizona Senate Majority Leader

William Howard Taft 12x $667 avg J:3 DJ:6 FJ:3

J $200 2023 Went 15 for 18 at the Supreme Court in his first year as Solicitor General; also, became president

DJ $800 2009 Going from a temp job to permanent employment, he's the only president who also served on the Supreme Court

DJ $1,000 1986 As Chief Justice & President, he is only person in U.S. history to head 2 federal government branches

John Jay 11x $1,036 avg J:1 DJ:10

DJ $400 2003 His first decision as the first Chief Justice was probably which chair was his

J $600 2008 Until his nomination was rejected, John Rutledge briefly succeeded this first chief justice

DJ $1,000 DD 2024 A college on West 59th Street in Manhattan is named for this man

Earl Warren 9x $767 avg J:2 DJ:7

DJ $200 1999 The commission that investigated JFK's assassination was chaired by & named for this chief justice

J $800 2008 U.C. Berkeley has a legal institute named for this former governor & Chief Justice of the U.S.

DJ $1,000 1997 This future chief justice played a key role in securing the GOP nomination for Eisenhower

Antonin Scalia 9x 37.5% stumper $850 avg DJ:8 FJ:1

DJ $400 1989 He's the first Italian-American appointed to the Supreme Court

DJ $800 1989 In 1986 he was sworn in to the Supreme Court on the same day Wm. Rehnquist became Chief Justice

DJ $1,200 2012 A Reagan appointee, he has the most children of any justice on the current court with 9

manslaughter 8x $625 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $200 2018 Jack McCoy offers you a deal for pleading guilty to Man 1; Man is short for this

J $600 2019 Yeah, there was no intention to kill or do grievous bodily harm, so we'll plead to this "2", the negligent or involuntary type

J $1,700 DD 1993 This is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice or premeditation

Should-Know (33)

Harvard 7x $371 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 2014 Maybe this oldest Ivy League law school can teach you to beat a ticket if you illegally pahk ya cah in its yahd

DJ $800 2004 In 1817 the first U.S. university law school was established near the Charles River at this school

J $200 2008 (Judge Hatchett delivers the clue from her TV courtroom.) In the 1870s this Ivy League school pioneered the case method of teaching law, which is still used today

arson 7x $443 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1993 It's the malicious burning of a property, perhaps to collect the insurance

DJ $600 1992 New York has divided this crime into degrees based on time of day & dollar value burned

J $200 2019 In early law, this wasn't a crime if it was to your own house; now, burning your place for insurance is a no-no

Clarence Thomas 7x $600 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:2

DJ $400 1996 Before Bush appointed him to the court, he was Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights

DJ $600 1993 He told People magazine that his 1991 confirmation hearings were "brutal, just brutal"

J $1,000 2009 In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 7-7 on his nomination, but sent it to the full Senate

a subpoena 7x $533 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1990 Derived from the Latin for "under penalty", this is a legal notice to appear in court as a witness

DJ $800 2012 Meaning "under the penalty", you've been served! (with this word from Latin, right now)

DJ $1,000 1984 While a summons asks nicely, this demands your appearance in court

Pro Bono 6x 16.7% stumper $683 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1996 Literally "for the good", it refers to a case taken by an attorney free of charge

J $600 2014 Tulane was the USA's first law school to require this Latin-named work as a condition of graduation

DJ $1,000 1988 In some states lawyers are required to spend some time doing volunteer work, which is called this

Nolo Contendere 6x $800 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1987 "I will not contest it"

J $500 1992 This plea of not admitting to or denying the charges may only be given with the court's approval

DJ $1,600 2004 In the plea known by this 2-word Latin phrase, the defendant doesn't admit or deny the charges

libel 6x $400 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $200 2020 Spoken defamation of another is slander; this is written defamation

DJ $1,200 2013 Expanding press freedom, the court rejected a charge of this in 1964 after a newspaper ad criticized Alabama officials

J $200 2019 Defamatory statement in a fixed medium like writing

William Rehnquist 6x $560 avg DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $400 1999 He's the only justice appointed by Nixon now on the court

DJ $600 1994 Antonin Scalia was appointed to the court when this man was promoted to Chief Justice

DJ $1,200 2014 Chief Justice John Roberts served as a law clerk for this man, his predecessor

Ronald Reagan 6x $833 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $400 2025 Breaking new ground (at last) with Sandra Day O'Connor

DJ $800 1999 The first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, was appointed by this president

DJ $1,200 2018 Nicaragua v. the U.S. was brought before the International Court of Justice when this man was U.S. president

Richard Nixon 6x 16.7% stumper $833 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $600 1995 In a 1974 case, the United States v. this man, the Supreme Court ruled on executive privilege

J $1,000 2025 Choosing who would be a future Chief Justice in William Rehnquist

DJ $600 1989 This president originally appointed Rehnquist to the Court as an associate justice

Louis Brandeis 6x 20.0% stumper $2,400 avg J:1 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $1,000 1994 This first Jewish justice graduated first in his Harvard Law School class in 1877

FJ 2024 Born to immigrant parents, in 1916 he was the 1st Supreme Court nominee to undergo public Senate confirmation hearings

DJ $2,000 2014 In 1948, a Massachusetts university was named for this man, who wrote the essay "Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It"

John Dillinger 6x $500 avg J:6

J $400 2021 "Woman in Red" Anna Sage actually wore an orange skirt as this gangster was killed in 1934; hope going to that movie was worth it!

J $500 1994 He was Public Enemy No. 1 after he escaped from jail March 3, 1934, allegedly with a carved gun

J $400 1984 This bank robber, '30s public enemy No. 1, had his face & fingertips lifted

a tort 6x $1,150 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $600 2012 This 4-letter word means a civil wrong; add an "E" to the end & it becomes a rich cake

J $1,500 DD 1989 From the Latin for "twist", it's a civil wrong or injury that doesn't involve a contract

J $600 2008 (Judge David Young reads the clue.) This legal term may sound like a rich cake, but actually it refers to a civil wrong

a jury 6x $233 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1992 When one of these is hung, it may receive a dynamite instruction

DJ $600 1995 Originally it was a group of witnesses or people acquainted with the facts of the case who served on it

J $200 2017 Connecticut's rules for this group of 12 say don't look up any words you hear in court in a dictionary

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 5x $320 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2015 (The Notorious) RBG

DJ $200 2000 She's 1 of 2 Clinton appointees

J $400 2023 Tied for first in her Columbia law class in 1959

Roe v. Wade 5x $1,440 avg DJ:5

DJ $400 2018 Norma McCorvey used an alias to protect her identity as the plaintiff in this big case, decided Jan. 22, 1973

DJ $600 1992 Justice Harry Blackmun wrote the majority decision in this landmark 1973 abortion case

DJ $5,000 DD 2004 Harry Blackmun's initial opinion in this 1973 case said the law was too vague; then he came up with a right to privacy

murder 5x $320 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1986 The crime which brought Raskolnikov punishment in Dostoyevsky's "Crime & Punishment"

DJ $200 1985 It's measured in degrees, all of which are deadly

J $400 2019 A novelist who penned an essay on how to do this to your husband got arrested for allegedly doing it to her husband

habeas corpus 5x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1996 It's a writ "to produce the body" of the detained before the court

DJ $600 1985 Latin for "you shall have the body", its application protects against illegal imprisonment

J $200 2025 "Latin, meaning 'you have the body"'

a will 5x $200 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1997 To die intestate is to die without having made one of these

J $100 1989 A person who died intestate didn't leave one of these

DJ $200 1996 Probate is the legal procedure by which one of these documents is proven valid or invalid

Ernesto Miranda 5x $525 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 1985 As a result of this 1966 Supreme Court case, police now inform suspects of their rights upon arrest

DJ $1,000 1989 The ruling in his favor read "...the person must be warned that he has the right to remain silent"

FJ 2018 In the 1966 case of this man, Earl Warren wrote of eliminating "evils in the interrogation process"

an arraignment 5x 20.0% stumper $880 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $600 1985 Court session when a prisoner hears charges against him & enters plea

DJ $1,200 2022 The first appearance before a judge of a person charged with a crime is this hearing

DJ $800 1992 Process in which a prisoner answers the accusations put forth in an indictment & enters a plea

treason 4x 25.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $600 2009 According to the Constitution, it's levying war against the U.S. or aiding & comforting the enemy

DJ $2,000 2012 Richard III was killed at Bosworth Field shouting, this crime! This crime!

J $800 2003 Under English law, having relations with the King's wife (if you're not the King) constitutes this crime

probate 4x $675 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1988 Term for the act or process of proving a will in court

DJ $1,000 1994 This court has the ways to handle wills

J $400 1987 Procedure a will goes through to prove its validity

Oliver Wendell Holmes 4x $667 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $400 2015 OWH Jr.

DJ $600 1986 "The Great Dissenter", he was son & namesake of poet who wrote "Old Ironsides"

DJ $1,000 1991 In 1919 he said a person's right to speak may be limited if the words "create a clear and present danger"

moot court 4x $700 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1990 In this type of law school "court", 2 teams of students take opposing sides of an imaginary case

DJ $800 2018 Truly law practice, as it's used in law schools, this fictitious "court" is held to argue hypothetical appellate cases

DJ $800 2014 In this type of mock law school "court", 2 teams of students practice an imaginary case

fingerprints 4x $475 avg J:4

J $200 2002 In the 1890's British police in Bengal, India were the first to use these "digital" impressions to identify criminals

J $600 2016 The first criminal caught via the use of these was murderer Francisca Rojas in Argentina in 1892

J $300 1989 Scotland Yard viewed them as foolproof evidence as early as 1910

discovery 4x 25.0% stumper $750 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2025 Also the "Deadliest Catch" TV channel: "procedures used to obtain disclosure of evidence before trial"

J $600 2019 It's the pre-trial procedure in which each side "finds" out about the other's witnesses & evidence

DJ $1,200 2024 Alec Baldwin's "Rust" manslaughter trial ended because the prosecution botched this process of showing evidence to the other side

chattel 4x $900 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $800 2013 The word "cattle" evolved from this similar-sounding word that now means all movable personal property

J $1,000 2005 This word for all your personal property shares its roots with "cattle"

DJ $800 1985 Once applied to slaves, it's the general legal term for items of personal property

Bush v. Gore 4x $1,400 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 2005 It was the legal name of the December 2000 Supreme Court case to decide who would become president

DJ $1,200 2018 This case from December 2000 stopped a recount of votes in Florida

FJ 2025 In this case, "our consideration is limited to the present circumstances" about "equal protection in election processes"

9 4x $250 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2003 The Judiciary Act of 1869 stabilized the size of the court at this number

DJ $200 1994 Though the first court had just 6 members, the number has been set at this since 1869

DJ $200 1989 It wasn't until 1869 that the number of justices stabilized at this number

a warrant 4x $550 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2014 Mapp v. Ohio (1961) determined that a state prosecution couldn't introduce evidence obtained by a search without this

DJ $600 1992 It authorizes a policeman to arrest & bring before a court a person charged with a crime

DJ $1,000 1990 It's an order for the arrest of a person issued by a judge

a statute of limitations 4x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1985 A law that sets a time frame for filing lawsuits or prosecuting crimes

J $800 2025 3 words:"the time within which a lawsuit must be filed"

J $1,000 2011 The amount of time you have to file a lawsuit is determined by an S.O.L., one of these

Felix Frankfurter 4x $800 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $600 2023 Hot-dogged it as a Harvard law prof from 1914 to 1939

DJ $1,200 2014 Thisman, who helped found the ACLU in 1920, must have said, "Hot dog!" after taking the bench 19 years later

DJ $600 2000 Hot dog! This justice appointed by FDR was born in Vienna

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William O. Douglas 3 venue 3 Torts 3 Thomas Jefferson 3 the Bar 3 Separate but equal 3 Plaintiff 3 perjury 3 Marbury v. Madison 3 Louisiana 3 Johnnie Cochran 3 John Paul Stevens 3 John Marshall 3 Jimmy Carter 3 Ipso Facto 3 insanity 3 in absentia 3 hearsay 3 F. Lee Bailey 3 extradition 3 embezzlement 3 due process 3 Dred Scott 3 Dover 3 diplomatic immunity 3 collusion 3 California 3 Brown v. Board of Education 3 an indictment 3 an affidavit 3 Alan Dershowitz 3 Al Capone 3 the Texas Rangers 3 the attorney general 3 Solicitor General 3 Public Domain 3 income tax evasion 3 Alito 3 (John) Roberts 3 Wilmington 2 Warren G. Harding 2 unconstitutional 2 trespassing 2 trafficking 2 trademarks 2 the Pentagon Papers 2 The Netherlands 2 the law of the jungle 2 the flag 2 the Fifth Amendment 2 the death penalty 2 the Boston Massacre 2 the Barkers 2 the bankruptcy code 2 the American Bar Association 2 the ABA (American Bar Association) 2 the 1980s 2 the 1930s 2 the 1920s 2 tea 2 Stanford 2 solitary confinement 2 small claims court 2 small claims 2 slander 2 Sing Sing 2 sharia 2 Sevastopol 2 seniority 2 self-defense 2 sedition 2 Salmon P. Chase 2 Roger Taney 2 Rhode Island 2 racketeering 2 prima facie 2 prejudice 2 piracy 2 Patty Hearst 2 parole 2 palimony 2 oyez 2 objection 2 notary 2 non compos mentis 2 New Jersey 2 negligence 2 Napoleonic Code 2 mulch 2 motorcycles 2 misdemeanors 2 Meyer Lansky 2 Mayhem 2 martial law 2 March 18 2 malice 2 Machine Gun Kelly 2 Ma Barker 2 London 2 larceny 2 Juvenile Court 2 jury duty 2 intestate 2 impeachment 2 Howard Cosell 2 Gandhi 2 friend of the court 2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 2 Francis Scott Key 2 forgery 2 extortion 2 ex post facto 2 entrapment 2 eminent domain 2 embezzle 2 Elizabeth I 2 Elena Kagan 2 Edward VI 2 double jeopardy 2 Delaware 2 damages 2 custody 2 cruel & unusual punishment 2 counterfeiting 2 counsel 2 corpus delicti 2 community property 2 common law 2 Clyde Barrow 2 clerks 2 clerk 2 Clarence Darrow 2 Chief Justice 2 Byron "Whizzer" White 2 Butch Cassidy 2 Boston 2 bootlegging 2 Bonnie Parker 2 Bonnie & Clyde 2 bingo 2 Bermuda 2 battery 2 barristers 2 bail 2 asylum 2 argumentative 2 an injunction 2 an embargo 2 an annulment 2 America's Most Wanted 2 adultery 2 Abraham Lincoln 2 abet 2 Aaron Burr 2 a trademark 2 a squatter 2 a search warrant 2 a precedent 2 a pickpocket 2 a non-disclosure agreement 2 a lien 2 a highwayman 2 a fence 2 a deposition 2 a chain gang 2 a brief 2 Sir William Blackstone 2 the Ukraine 2 the U.S. Court of Appeals 2 the RICO 2

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