The Texas ________ grades criminal offenses based on severity.
A. Penal Code
B. Code of Criminal Procedure
C. Civil Law Code
D. Constitution
Answer: A
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Which of the following statements is true with regard to Protestantism and democracy?
A. A direct primordial connection exists between Protestantism and democracy. B. Protestant sects discriminated against the other sects that came under the Church in their fight for freedom of religion. C. The key elements of Protestant faith are opposed to the concept of separation of Church and State. D. The acts of justifying slavery, Nazism, and apartheid by some Protestant leaders reflect that Protestants have failed to support liberty at times. E. Protestant denominations have always dominated in the poorest countries of the world and have failed to spread to the richer countries.
The city of East Cleveland had a municipal ordinance that regulated who could live together as a family in a single-family dwelling unit. Inez Moore, an elderly grandmother, was convicted of violating the ordinance because she had two grandsons who were cousins living in the same house with her, and that living arrangement could not be considered a single family under the definition of family in
the ordinance. She appealed her conviction on constitutional grounds. Which of the following statements is true? a. As long as the ordinance was properly passed by the appropriate legislative body in East Cleveland, the judiciary cannot review her conviction. b. The city's restrictive definition of family may violate Mrs. Moore's substantive due process rights. c. Any rights of the individual with respect to family matters are not expressly included in the Bill of Rights and, as a result, cannot be made a part of due process. d. Such a narrow definition of family is made mandatory under federal statutory law, the primary legislation that regulates family matters.