Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a. Virtually all provisions of the Bill of Rights have been held to apply with equal force to the states and to the national government.
b. Unlike the state legislatures, Congress does not possess police power, which is the broad authority to enact prohibitions to protect public order, safety, decency, and welfare.
c. Congress has used its broad power to regulate interstate commerce to criminalize a wide range of offenses.
d. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress unlimited power to define federal crimes.
D
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a. Public exposure b. Public indecency c. Private indecency d. Status offense
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a. attenuation of the taint b. inevitable discovery c. derivative evidence d. independent source
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a. Negroid b. Caucasian c. Mongoloid d. Native American
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a. It protects the rights and freedoms of individuals. b. Criminal justice is seen as an obstacle course. c. Punishment should be fair and just. d. It infringes on the rights of individuals.