What is the purpose of writs of mandamus on which the Texas Supreme Court sometimes acts?
a. It is to remedy defects in justice by ordering lower courts or public officials to take a certain action.
b. It offers an explanation as to why the Court has decided not to hear a case appealed to it.
c. They are used to stop a case from being heard in a lower court and to transfer it to a higher court.
d. They are decrees ordering the legislature to strike down unconstitutional laws.
Answer: a
You might also like to view...
Which of the following does Texas law NOT require for indigent defendants?
a. providing appointment of defense counsel b. meeting minimum standards for defense lawyers c. ensuring defense attorneys receive comparable compensation to private defense attorneys d. providing financial resources for experts and investigators e. creating an indigent defense plan to be used in all appropriate cases
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. There seems to be a negative relationship between income and democracy. 2. This variant of modernization theory says that it’s not income per se that encourages democracy but rather changes in the socioeconomic structure of a country that accompany economic development. 3. The political resource curse is about the survival of democracy, not the emergence of democracy. 4. According to the implications of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty theory, we should expect that countries in which the state controls high levels of natural resources are more likely to be democratic than countries in which the state does not control high levels of natural resources. 5. There is considerable evidence to support modernization theory’s claim that countries are more likely to become democratic and remain democratic as their economies become more “modern.”