When encountering a court case by name, such as Gideon vs. Wainwright, which describes the role of the Wainwright party?
a. respondent
b. petitioner
c. pursuant
d. litigant
a. respondent
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What is one practical use by the federal government for the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
a. A decrease in CPI means that the government must cut salaries. b. It helps determines the cost-of-living increases in social security benefits. c. It helps determines whether to raise taxes. d. It determines whether the government is paying too much for services. e. An increase in CPI triggers an increase in the regulation of the largest private companies.
According to Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen the goal of social and economic progress should be:
a. to procure modern amenities like computers, automobiles, and houses to people in developing countries b. to ensure the ability of everyone in the world to make significant income gains and increase material prosperity c. to improve human development by removing substantive unfreedoms d. for developing countries to improve their GDPs and escape the cycles of debt
In the first ten years following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the percentage of black students in southern schools that included whites jumped from 2.3% to more than
A) 50%. B) 75%. C) 90%. D) 25%. E) 10%.
When a case reaches an appellate court, __________.
A. judges and a jury start a de novo trial B. the jury provides an opinion to help the judges determine the innocence or guilt of a defendant C. judges can overturn the decisions of lower courts as long as they get a majority vote from the original jurists to do so D. judges review the case to determine whether the lower courts conformed to constitutional and statutory law