Tension Map
← Command centerThe recurring legal tension points
The MBE tests a finite set of doctrinal collisions — two rules that pull a fact pattern in opposite directions. Browse the tension points, then open one to see the questions built to exploit it.
Evidence
64 tensions- Absence Of Public Record Exception Versus Wrong Evidence Container1 q
- Admissibility Versus Weight1 q
- Adverse Spousal Testimonial Privilege Vs Confidential Marital Communications Privilege1 q
- After The Court Finds An Expert Qualified By Stipulation Or Otherwise Are The Expert S Qualifications Still Relevant And If So To Whom1 q
- Barred Defect Warning Purpose Versus General Relevance Feasibility And Negligence Only Drift1 q
- Barred Defect/Warning Purpose Versus General Relevance/Feasibility/Negligence Only Drift.1 q
- Barred Product Defect Purpose Versus Permissible Other Purpose Use1 q
- Belief As Truthfulness Versus Affiliation For Bias1 q
- Bias Impeachment Of An Admitted Hearsay Declarant Versus Character And Foundation Objections1 q
- Bias Impeachment Purpose Versus Hearsay Plea Policy And Party Opponent Misframes1 q
- Both B And C Say Inadmissible The Split Is Character Evidence Exclusion Versus Irrelevance1 q
- Both B And D Say Yes But Only D Gives The Original Document Rule Reason That Answers The Objection1 q
- Both Surviving Choices Say Yes Axis Is The Legal Reason Jury Credibility Vs Court S Independent Verification Obligation1 q
- Clean Control Rule Vs Ruling Burdened By An Added False Condition1 q
- Communication Substance And Confidentiality Vs Medium Refusal Traps1 q
- Communication Substance And Confidentiality Vs Medium/Refusal Traps1 q
- Compliance Advice Versus Furthering Fraud1 q
- Compliance Advice Versus Using Legal Advice To Further Fraud1 q
- Compromise Negotiation Layer Vs Medical Payment Hearsay Layer1 q
- Conclusive Presumption Or Persuasion Shift Vs Permissive Factfinder Inference After Rebuttal1 q
- Contradiction Of Material Testimony Versus Character For Truthfulness Impeachment1 q
- Current Pain Content Versus Litigation Purpose Exam1 q
- Decider Judge Admissibility Vs Jury Weight1 q
- Declarant Witness Gate Satisfied Versus Declarant Witness Gate Missing1 q
- Did The Entrant Have Personal Knowledge Of The Recorded Facts1 q
- Direct Defendant Mental State Opinion Versus Wrong Hypnosis Constitutional Reason1 q
- Disguised Propensity Vs Genuine Non Propensity Purpose1 q
- Dishonesty Admission Route Versus Innocence Annulment Exclusion1 q
- Does A Motion To Strike Require An Answer That Already Exists1 q
- Does Admissibility For A Limited Purpose Settlement Evidence To Explain Delay Defeat A Motion To Strike For Nonresponsiveness1 q
- Does Any Exemption Exception S Predicate Actually Apply On These Facts1 q
- Does Matthew S Knowledge Of Vessel Logs And Catch Ledgers Automatically Qualify Him For The Fre 615 A 3 Essential Person Exemption Or Must Galilee Make An Affirmative Showing Of Essentiality1 q
- Does Possible Underreporting Block Admissibility Or Does Timothy S Complaint Receiving Role Supply The Necessary Foundation1 q
- Does Rule 106 Still Require A Basis That The Completing Words Were Actually Said1 q
- Does The Best Evidence Rule Apply Or Is This A Fre 612 Refresh Case1 q
- Does The Best Evidence Rule Fre 1002 Apply When A Witness Refreshes Recollection From Notes Before Testifying1 q
- Does The Clergy S Willingness To Testify Defeat The Privilege When The Penitent Asserts1 q
- Does The Dishonesty Misdemeanor Have Its Own Admissibility Door Independent Of Grade1 q
- Does The Fre 615 Natural Person Party Exemption Protect Paul From Exclusion Even Though He Is An Expected Witness1 q
- Does The Medical Payment Exclusion Require A Communication Or Does Actual Payment Of The Hospital Bill Trigger The Exclusion1 q
- Does The No Exhibit Limitation Extend To A Total Ban On Any Use Of The Document1 q
- Does The Note Prove Knowledge Of The Methamphetamine In The Toolbox Or Does It Only Prove Prior Meth Use On Another Occasion1 q
- Does The Outer Record S Qualification As A Business Record Or Public Record Transmit Trustworthiness To A Quoted Bystander S Statement1 q
- Does The Presence Of Hearsay Anywhere In An Answer Require Striking The Entire Answer Or Only The Specific Hearsay Portion1 q
- Does The Printed Periodical Authenticate Itself Or Must The Author Testify Before Admission1 q
- Does The Stipulation Reduce The Probative Value Of The Name And Sentence Details Sufficiently To Tip The 403 Scale1 q
- Fabricated Burden Shift Vs Real Weight And Credibility Rule1 q
- Failed Plea Discussion Trigger Vs Invented Formalities1 q
- Federal Forum Versus State Law Rule Of Decision As The Privilege Source1 q
- Fiscal Content Vs All Content1 q
- Forbidden Fault Use Versus Permitted Ownership Use1 q
- Foundation For Admission Versus Skepticism About How Complete The No Prior Accidents Proof Really Is1 q
- Foundation Gate Vs Jury Weight1 q
- Foundation Gate Vs Jury Weight1 q
- Foundation Threshold Vs Weight Credibility1 q
- Foundation Vs Weight1 q
- Fre 602 Personal Knowledge Vs Fre 408 Settlement Exclusion1 q
- Fre 613 Vs Fre 806 Which Rule Governs Impeachment Of A Hearsay Declarant1 q
- Fre 803 3 State Of Mind Vs Fre 803 2 Excited Utterance1 q
- Full Bilateral Rule 610 Bar Versus A Partial Or Disguised Version Of The Rule1 q
- General Collateral Matter Bar Vs Capacity To Perceive Exception Gold Key1 q
- General Ultimate Issue Permission Vs Specific Criminal Mental State Prohibition1 q
- Generic Preliminary Hearing Discretion Versus Mandatory Outside Jury Confession Hearing1 q
- Generic Prior Robberies As Propensity Versus Prior Acts With A Real Non Propensity Identity Intent Bridge1 q