A "system of prohibitions, penalties, and correctional measures to deal with conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens harm to those individual or public interests for which state protection is appropriate" describes

A. the Texas Code of Conduct.
B. Texas Civil Law.
C. the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures.
D. the Texas Penal Code.


Answer: D

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In ____________, the Supreme Court voted to uphold a Connecticut welfare regulation that denied Medicaid benefits to indigent women seeking to have abortions, unless their attending physicians certified their abortions as "medically necessary."

a. Harris v. McRae (1980) b. Missouri v. Danforth (1976) c. Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1983) d. Maher v. Roe (1977)

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What event or events did political scientist Graham Allison use to support the bureaucratic politics model of foreign policy?

a. the Vietnam War in general b. the behavior of bureaucrats on the ground in executing orders during the Vietnam War c. the Cuban Missile Crisis d. the 9/11 attacks e. the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 9/11 attacks

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The _________ is the only formal leadership position in the House of Representatives that is written into the Constitution

A) House minority leader B) House parliamentarian C) president pro tempore D) Senate majority leader E) Speaker of the House

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The use of copayments is a tool to accomplish what?

A. assist in the high cost of medical malpractice B. eliminate emergency room visits C. encourage greater specializations by physicians D. make the consumer conscious of medical costs

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