In Baldwin v. New York(1970) the Supreme Court held that a defendant in a criminal case has the right to a jury trial:
a. if charged with treason
b. only if charged with a capital offense
c. is facing a prison sentence of six months or more
d. only if charged with a felony
e. none of the above
c
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is a a reason for the decline in the power of most legislatures?
a) legislatures have a strict coherent structure within which power can be concentrated b) legislatures have slow and cumbersome procedures c) legislatures do not meet often enough for effecive leadership to emerge d) legislatures drain the support services that are there for them
Federal systems can be said to disperse power, which can be said to
a. improve efficiency. b. support innovation. c. limit tyranny. d. improve policy responsiveness.
In the former Yugoslavia, __________
a. the greatest ethnic divisions occurred in the cities b. conflict became more about economic status than about ethnicity or religion c. people in the cities were able to avoid ethnic labeling once conflict broke out, unlike rural populations d. citizens living in cities saw themselves more as Yugoslavs than as members of ethnic minorities