Why did the Supreme Court briefly end capital punishment in 1972?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Discuss the ruling of Furman v. Georgia (1972).
2, Describe the concern of the Court that led to the end of the death penalty, noting that the Court did not rule capital punishment unconstitutional, just the manner in which it was being applied by the various states.
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Which of the following constrainedPakistan's efforts to fight terrorists who have emerged in some areas of Pakistan?
a. Pakistan is a poor nation and lacked international assistance to fight the terrorists. b. There was substantial sympathy for the Taliban among many Pakistani military and intelligence officials. c. The terrorists took over large cities and were beyond the government's control. d. The terrorists had shown no sign of being dangerous, so the Pakistani government was not concerned about them.
A complainant must have exhausted all remedies available in lower federal courts or state courts before the Supreme Court
a. accepts review of the case. b. canrender a decision in the case. c. overturns the decision of the Appellate court. d. accepts the lower court's ruling.
In terms of its impact on the policy-making process, the sexenio
a. makes the Mexican bureaucracy the focal point of policy formulation and the Mexican Congress the focal point of policy manager. b. makes policy innovation less likely since the Mexican President is a lame duck from the start of his term of office. c. traditionally makes the Mexican president the person most responsible for policy slippage. d. makes it easy for the Mexican president to introduce extensive personnel changes upon coming to office in order to build a team of people who are motivated to carry out his policy goals. e. made policy discontinuity impossible before 2000 due to the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its ideology within the Mexican political system.
Because the Texas legislature meets in regular session only once every other year,
A) legislators must pass a state budget during its regular session for the first year and during a special session for the next year. B) legislators must pass a budget during its regular session for the first year and the governor must enact a budget for the next year. C) legislators must pass a biennial, or two-year, budget for Texas government. D) the Legislative Budget Board enacts the budget without input from the legislature. E) Texas operates in an ad hoc fashion without using a budget.