Why are the Medicare and Medicaid programs so prominent in contemporary budget battles?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
Note that Medicare and Medicaid are projected to consume larger percentages of GDP with each passing decade, and that if no reforms are enacted, Medicare spending alone will account for between 8 and 9 percent of the total U.S. economy.
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a. passionately nativist b. inconsistent and haphazard c. focused on reducing Asian immigration d. proactive and optimistic
While considering the exclusionary rule, the Supreme Court has made which of the following rulings?
A) that the government may use illegally seized evidence in order to discredit statements made by a defendant during cross-examination at a trial B) that if the police were exercising "good faith" when relying on a flawed search warrant, the evidence seized could be used in court C) that illegally seized evidence may be admitted at a trial if the prosecution can show that the evidence would "inevitably" have been discovered by lawful means D) all of the above E) none of the above