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Courts Cannot Control Nonresponsive

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 19936_vineyard-irrigation-premature-strike · EVIDENCE · Choice AGrant the motion, because counsel may strike answers before they are given.

    Why it's attractive

    Claims you can strike an answer before it exists — no object to act on.

    Why it's wrong

    Claims you can strike an answer before it exists — no object to act on.

  • 19936_vineyard-irrigation-premature-strike · EVIDENCE · Choice BGrant the motion only if Naomi is a hostile witness.

    Why it's attractive

    Adds a 'hostile witness' condition the call never raises; ripeness doesn't turn on hostility.

    Why it's wrong

    Adds a 'hostile witness' condition the call never raises; ripeness doesn't turn on hostility.

  • 19936_vineyard-irrigation-premature-strike · EVIDENCE · Choice DDeny the motion, because nonresponsive answers are never subject to court control.

    Why it's attractive

    'Never subject to court control' is an absolute a courtroom-control overlay defeats.

    Why it's wrong

    'Never subject to court control' is an absolute a courtroom-control overlay defeats.

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