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Question 1.
The changes in state law that put limits on personal-injury lawsuits and damage judgments entered by the courts were called tort reform.


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Question 2.
In a study released in 1999, Texas Watch, a consumer advocacy group, said that doctors, hospitals, and other business-related litigants had been big winners before the Texas Supreme Court during the previous four years and that consumers fared poorly.


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Question 3.
In the Hopwood v. Texas ruling a Texas federal district judge said that law school admissions policies that gave preferences to minority applicants were unconstitutional, however this was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Question 4.
Ward politics refers to partisan politics linked to political favoritism.


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Question 5.
A plea of "guilty" to a criminal charge would be called "nolo contendere."

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Question 6.
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court halted executions in all states by finding that death penalty laws were unconstitutional, violating the constitutional prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment."

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Question 7.
When a prisoner obtains early release from prison, subject to certain conditions, this is called probation.

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Question 8.
A county judge presides over the constitutional county court.

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Question 9.
The Texas Supreme Court handles appeals of criminal cases.

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Question 10.
Sharon Keller was the first woman elected to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

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