According to the Court in Memoirs v. Massachusetts an item is not deemed obscene if it ______.

A. has at least a modicum of social value
B. has no modicum of social value
C. appeals to the prurient interest
D. lacks serious literary value


A. has at least a modicum of social value

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The position taken by the most liberal justices in the 1940s and 1950s regarding whether criminal provisions of the Bill of Rights applied to the states is _________________________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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According to FBI statistics, assaults on police officers ______.

A. have increased significantly since 2008 B. have decreased gradually since 2008 C. have increased some years and decreased in others, since 2008 D. have remained constant since 2008

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Currently, mentally ill defendants can be put to death in those states that have capital punishment. Should mental illness be an eliminating factor when it comes to the death penalty? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?

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In _________, the Supreme Court ruled that parolees facing revocation must be given a two-stage hearing process.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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