Jury Selection and Supreme Court Cases Quiz

What does it mean for a jury to be impartial?

• The jury supports the defense side only

• The jury already knows the outcome of the case

• The jury is made up of lawyers and judges

• The jury is fair and has no bias or opinions

What is the main purpose of voir dire during jury selection?

• To teach jurors how to speak in court

• To find out if jurors can be fair and unbiased

• To let jurors choose if they want to serve

• To give jurors time to research the case

What is a challenge for cause?

• Removing a juror who is famous

• Removing a juror who cannot stay awake

• Removing a juror for showing bias or prejudice

• Removing all jurors to start a new trial

What is a peremptory strike, and what is the rule about it?

• A strike used only for people under 18

• A strike for people who forgot their jury card

• A strike that removes a juror with a written reason

• A strike without reason, but not for race or gender

What is a Batson challenge?

• A way to skip jury duty for health reasons

• A test jurors take before the trial starts

• A challenge about unfair jury strikes based on race or gender

• A law that says lawyers must agree on every juror

What did the Supreme Court decide in Hernandez v. Texas?

• Women can now serve as jurors

• Jurors must be registered voters

• Mexican Americans cannot be excluded from juries

• People with criminal records can be jurors

What was the main ruling in Taylor v. Louisiana?

• Women cannot serve on criminal trial juries

• The exclusion of women violates the 6th and 14th Amendments

• Women must be judges, not jurors

• Only men can serve on grand juries

What did the Court decide in Swain v. Alabama?

• Race-based strikes are always allowed

• Jurors must be the same race as the defendant

• Prosecutors cannot remove jurors based only on race

• Jurors must be randomly selected from outside the state

What was the key outcome of Batson v. Kentucky?

• All jurors must vote the same way

• Race-based peremptory strikes are unconstitutional

• Defendants must pick their own jurors

• Only judges can remove jurors

What do these Supreme Court cases have in common?

• They all removed the right to a jury

• They made it harder to be selected as a juror

• They helped make juries more fair and diverse

• They stopped trials from being shown on TV