The Supreme Court has struck down state death penalty laws in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
a. executing juveniles under the age of eighteen
b. executing prisoners who are mildly retarded
c. the execution of women
d. the execution of insane prisoners
Answer: c. the execution of women
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A. indifference B. patriotism C. humor D. vulnerability
An interventionist state in which the central government controls and coordinates virtually all economic activity is called a ________
A. free-market system B. liberal state C. command economy D. laissez faire E. capitalist state
According to Stephen Steinberg, some twentieth century sociologists rejected the idea of the melting pot for which of the following reasons?
A. They were assimilated second-generation immigrants nostalgic for their parents’ culture. B. They were primarily interested in promoting ethnic diversity in the United States. C. They were first-generation immigrants with intimate understandings of ethnic culture. D. They were strongly opposed to the impact such a perspective could have on stereotyping.
Which of the following statements about the organization of the federal judiciary is accurate?
A. All of the lower courts must follow the decisions of the Supreme Court so there is consistency in the law. B. It is a decentralized organization, physically dispersed across the nation, and administered by individual, life-tenured judges. C. The clean lines of authority stemming from the organizational structure create a tightly supervised hierarchy. D. The Supreme Court has a wide variety of administrative tools that it can use to make sure that its agents implement the Court's policies.