What is the police power of a government?

What will be an ideal response?


The police power of a government is the authority of that government to enact legislation to protect the public health, safety, order, welfare, and morality. Under the U.S. system of federalism, the police power of government is primarily vested in the state legislatures

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The majority of inmates in jail are:

a. young males b. young females c. elderly men d. juvenile males

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In 1964, a small group of Catholic priests joined an idealistic group of college students to form a new organization that would fight for social justice in Colombia. They called themselves the:

a. FARC b. MLN c. MeK d. ELN

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How did the concept of victim–offender mediation develop?

What will be an ideal response?

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Under Texas law, persons who provide pre-crime assistance to an offender are considered co-principles in the commission of the resultant offense

Is this a more just approach to the law of parties than the traditional Common Law distinction between principals and accessories? Why?

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