In order to meet the legal definition of slander, a person must
A) utter a defaming statement about someone.
B) utter a false and harmful statement about someone directly to their face.
C) publish a harsh and critical statement about someone.
D) utter a false and harmful statement about someone within the hearing of a third party.
E) publish a critical statement about someone with intent to harm.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements regarding the Indian Parliament is true?
a. Rajya Sabha is the more powerful of the two houses. b. The Lok Sabha cannot be dissolved by the president. c. Districts in the Lok Sabha are based on regional borders, not population. d. The president appoints 12 members to the Rajya Sabha.
Despite a sharp increase in diversity in the 1990s, Congress remains overwhelmingly White and male because of which of the following?
a. The incumbency advantage can never be overcome. b. The Voting Rights Act has not lived up to its promise. c. White males still dominate the most common stepping-stones to Congress. d. Women and minorities seem less interested in working in politics.
Which of the following would be an example of a public interest group?
a. the National Defense Contractors’ Association b. the American Bankers Association c. the American Medical Association d. the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund