You are an attorney representing a defendant in a criminal case at the state level. Your client was convicted and would like to appeal. One what basis could your client appeal her case to a federal court?
a. on the basis that the case concerned a federal issue
b. on the basis that her constitutional rights had been violated during the investigation
c. on the basis that she believes she was wrongly convicted
d. on the basis that the state law in question was poorly designed
Answer: b
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a. Conservatives are overrepresented at the polls. b. Young citizens are overrepresented at the polls. c. Democrats are overrepresented at the polls. d. Liberals are overrepresented at the polls.
Crimes punishable in Texas by a sentence in county jail or a fine (or both) are
a. felonies. b. victimless crimes. c. misdemeanors. d. property crimes. e. FBI Index crimes.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who favored affirmative action in higher education, was replaced by Justice __________, who was far more hostile to these programs.
A. Samuel Alito B. John Roberts C. Robert Bork D. Elena Kagan
What lessons can we draw from the fact that Americans believed that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction or that President Obama was foreign-born and ineligible to be President?
a. Most Americans favor cognitive dissonance and those who believed such stories about Saddam Hussein and President Obama were a small fraction of the country. b. Americans tend to blindly follow opinion leaders because the lack of legitimate political information makes it hard for Americans to discover the truth. c. People tend to pay more attention and more credence to sources and information that confirm rather than challenge their beliefs. d. Americans will believe just about anything.