Concerned by the overcrowding in prisons, federal judges issued orders in the 1990s calling for either immediate improvement or the release of people being held in conditions that violate the ________ Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual
punishment.
A. Fifth
B. Eighth
C. Second
D. Sixth
E. First
B
Political Science
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In evaluating American democracy, hyperpluralists
A) claim that competing groups vying for power make for generally efficient, honest government. B) claim that society is governed solely by an upper-class elite. C) claim that too many influential groups cripple government?s ability to govern. D) believe that the public interest is nearly always translated into public policy in the United States. E) none of the above
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According to Doyle, what third right makes the rights of both negative and positive freedom possible?
a. democratic participation and representation b. freedom of speech and expression c. equality under the law d. the right to private property
Political Science