According to the text, which of the following presidents established the boldest precedents with the commander-in-chief clause and thus made the "war power" his own?
a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Polk
d. Abraham Lincoln
e. William McKinley
D
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Which of the following is NOT true of the Japanese criminal system?
a. Japan is a relatively crime-free society. b. Japan has a very high conviction rate. c. In Japan, suspects have a constitutional right to counsel. d. Japan's criminal system is highly centralized. e. Some have criticized Japan's reliance on coerced confessions.
The advocacy role of nonprofit organizations
a. is not important. b. is well-recognized and well-understood. c. is subject to certain legal constraints. d. is always welcomed by legislators.
How have demographic trends contributed to the Middle East becoming such a breeding ground for terrorism?
a. High birth rates produce many unemployed youth, who are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism. b. Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and poverty breeds unrest. c. High birth rates produce many unemployed youth, who can find well-paying jobs only in the criminal underworld. d. Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, so leaders have turned to Islamism to encourage people to have larger families.
When the Supreme Court rules that Amish people cannot be forced to send their children to school, it
A) neither establishes religion nor protects its free exercise. B) establishes religion without violating the First Amendment. C) avoids establishing religion at the risk of impeding its free exercise. D) both establishes religion and impedes its free exercise. E) shows that the practice of freedom of religion sometimes gives preference to one church over another.