1.Mike Puffy is a politician who has just been convicted in court of stealing money from the government. A cartoonist for a local newspaper published a cartoon showing Mike walking out ofcourt with dollar bills sticking out of his clothes yelling "I am innocent, why won't anybody believe me?" If Mike tried to sue the cartoonist for libel for the cartoon, the cartoonist could probably use which defense?

a. qualified privilege defense

b. absolute privilege

c. fair comment defense

d. provocation

e. innocent dissemination defense

2.Which of the following statements isFALSE?

a. a garnishment order can be used to get money from a losing defendant's bank account

b. the burden of proof in a breach of contract case is beyond a reasonable doubt

c. a court will imply a term into a contract if it thinks it was obvious the parties would have d. agreed to it when the contract was made.

e. people have a right to have their criminal trials heard within a reasonable time