Distinguish between common law powers and enumerated powers
What will be an ideal response?
• States were free to adopt the common law as the early settlers did
• Since then some states have gone entirely to statutory authority
• The federal government, when formed by the U.S. Constitution, has only those powers given to it by the states and the people
• Thus, the federal government has only those enumerated powers contained in the Constitution
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a. Rendition b. Retention c. Regression d. Repatriating
The National Crime Victimization Survey selects subjects by identifying rural counties or metropolitan areas as primary sampling units, then chooses geographic regions within these units, then chooses addresses within the geographic regions. This is an example of:
a. Availability Sampling b. Validity Sampling c. Cross-population generalizability d. Multistage cluster sampling e. none of the above
Select the incorrect answer
a. A male can be “raped” by a woman. b. A wife can be raped by her husband. c. The “boy” and the “girl” in a consenting sexual relation can both be charged with unlawful sexual intercourse if they are both under age 18. d. A defendant who claimed the victim said she would “consent” to the “rape” if he used a condom has a legitimate defense to the charge of rape.
Browsers are software that use graphic user interface to simplify which of the following?
A) e-commerce B) e-mail C) navigation D) domain names