Which of the following is not true of Watergate?
a. The term Watergate has been used to refer to both a specific incident and a range of abuses by the Nixon Administration
b. The Nixon White House initially dismissed the break-in at the Watergate as a "third rate burglary"
c. Only low-level Nixon Re-election Committee personnel, but no high-level White House officials, went to prison in connection with Watergate
d. Nixon was pardon and excused from criminal liability in the Watergate matter by his successor, Gerald Ford
C
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When criminal and regulatory investigators join forces to investigate the same set of events, all of the following can lawfully occur except:
a. Regulatory investigators may be purposely assigned to develop information for the criminal investigation as long as they do so within their jurisdiction. b. The two agencies may generally cooperate with each other. c. The criminal investigators may divulge grand jury testimony to the regulatory investigators. d. The regulatory investigators can apply to the court for use of grand jury material in their civil/administrative proceedings.
The primary reason some states were reluctant to accept the Constitution was:
a. It failed to establish a balance of power.
b. It failed to abolish slavery.
c. It did not contain a bill of rights.
d. It did not allow smaller states adequate representation in the national government.
It is helpful for the courts to view issues and practices through the lenses of the ________ model(s)
a. crime control b. due process c. social bond d. crime control and due process
In the U.S. legal hierarchy, which of the following is considered the highest federal court?
A. circuit court B. appellate court C. family court D. U.S. Supreme Court