An indictment is ________
A. a certification by a public prosecutor that there is evidence to justify bringing named individuals to trial
B. a formal written statement from a grand jury charging an individual with an offense
C. an arrangement whereby attorneys are provided for people accused of crimes that are unable to hire their own attorneys
D. an arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes that are unable to hire their own attorneys
E. a term used to describe work that lawyers do for which they receive no fees
B
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Which of the following is a consequence of decreasing the term of the president to 5 years in 2000?
A. It allows for the National Assembly to remove a sitting president based on a majority vote. B. It guarantees that no single political party can have a majority in the National Assembly. C. It makes the prime minister more politically powerful than the president of France. D. It increases the concentration of power in the hands of the French president. E. It increases the political power of the judicial branch of government.
Which Supreme Court case found that the Fourteenth Amendment served to protect political and civil, but not social, rights?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Brown v. Board of Education II d. Dred Scott v. Sandford