What qualifications should judges possess before assuming the bench?

What will be an ideal response?


There are no formal required qualifications in the constitution or federal laws for judges.Some informal qualifications include professional competence, knowledge of political and legal issues, and political connections. The ABA has listed several qualities like integrity, legal knowledge, professional experience, judicial temperament, diligence, good health, financial responsibility, and public service.

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You are a warden. Your prison, a medium-security facility, has had cause of late to move from medium-security to a more "maximum-security" level. What might have been the cause for this need for change and what types of changes would likely need to occur?

What will be an ideal response?

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The method by which individuals are assumed to logically weigh the anticipated benefits of a given course of action against its possible costs is known as ______.

a. the utilitarian principle b. hedonistic calculus c. the punishment doctrine d. the Code of Hammurabi

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What substances are typically added to blood that is collected from a subject before it is sent to a toxicology lab, and why are they added?

What will be an ideal response?

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After the 9/11 attacks, ________ policing became the preferred model

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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