Right Conclusion Wrong Reason
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 2 active questions. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Constitutional Law1
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
18365_peter_handbell_clinic_poison · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because Peter's blow left Esther in a clinic room where Timothy could find her.
Why it's attractive
The answer proves only that the first assault created a setting for the later attack.
Why it's wrong
The answer proves only that the first assault created a setting for the later attack.
18365_peter_handbell_clinic_poison · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because Esther would not have been at the clinic but for Peter's assault.
Why it's attractive
The answer proves factual cause but skips the proximate-cause limit.
Why it's wrong
The answer proves factual cause but skips the proximate-cause limit.
18365_peter_handbell_clinic_poison · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because Esther was improving and her fracture would not have killed her without Timothy's act.
Why it's attractive
The answer focuses on medical prognosis instead of the legal effect of Timothy's act.
Why it's wrong
The answer focuses on medical prognosis instead of the legal effect of Timothy's act.
22608_christian-teachers-league · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice AYes, because the state legislature has broad authority to set rational qualifications for publicly funded employees.
Why it's attractive
The law doesn't set a neutral qualification; it names a specific group
Why it's wrong
The law doesn't set a neutral qualification; it names a specific group
22608_christian-teachers-league · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice BYes, because the state legislature formally designated the league as a subversive organization.
Why it's attractive
The legislature named the group specifically — that's the hallmark of an attainder
Why it's wrong
The legislature named the group specifically — that's the hallmark of an attainder
22608_christian-teachers-league · CONSTITUTIONAL_LAW · Choice CNo, because there is no rational basis for excluding former league members from publicly funded employment.
Why it's attractive
The right answer is 'unconstitutional' but 'rational basis' is the wrong reason
Why it's wrong
The right answer is 'unconstitutional' but 'rational basis' is the wrong reason
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