Youare a prosecutorpreparingfor a casethat has garneredsignificantmediaattention.Asthetrial date approaches,youhaveseveralimportantmatterstoattendto. The judge assigned to the case is facing re-election in a few months. You have been informed that the defense attorney is planning to make a contribution to the judge's campaign fund, so you make a motion for recusal. The judge denies your motion. Which of the following is correct about this situation?
A. It is up to the judge to decide whether to recuse himself or herself.
B. The recusal motion will be heard by a separate judge, usually the supervisor of the judge in question.
C. In this situation, you have no power to make a recusal motion.
D. Both attorneys must agree to submit a recusal motion before any action will be taken on it.
Answer: A
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A. nasal congestion blocks the olfactory receptor sites B. flavor relies on your ability to smell C. flavor requires the ability of saliva to penetrate the mucous in the nasal cavity D. nasal congestion thickens the saliva, resulting in an inability to transport chemical stimuli
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b. Ill-behaved children provoke their parents to spank them. c. Certain genes lead to ill-behaved children and short-tempered parents. d. We can draw none of these conclusions.
Most people assume there are more words in the English language that begin with the letter k than have the letter k in the third position. This may be because it is easier to think of words that begin with k and thus may be an example of
a. the availability heuristic. b. the representativeness heuristic. c. functional fixedness. d. mental set. e. confirmation bias.
Zakoria has been diagnosed with ____ and was given ____ as a treatment option.
A. schizophrenia; lithium B. schizophrenia; LSD C. bipolar disorder; lithium D. bipolar disorder; neuroleptics