The controversial attorney general in the Reagan administration was
A) Archibald Cox.
B) Edwin Meese.
C) Leon Jaworski.
D) Elliot Richardson.
E) James Martin.
Question -2-The Justice Department is headed by
A) the director of the FBI.
B) the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
C) the attorney general.
D) the director of the CIA.
E) the vice-president of the United States.
Question -3-Criminal prosecutions in the federal courts are conducted by
A) the Justice Department.
B) the FBI.
C) special prosecutors appointed by the president subject to approval of the Senate.
D) the CIA.
E) the Treasury Department.
Question -4-The crime bill enacted into law in 1994 and signed by Clinton banned how many types of semiautomatic assault weapons?
A) fifteen
B) seventeen
C) twenty-one
D) nineteen
E) eighty-five
Question -5-When President Clinton signed the Brady Bill into law in 1993, it required the buyer of a handgun to
A) first register with the attorney general.
B) be a registered member of the NRA.
C) wait five days while authorities check to see if the buyer has a criminal record or a history of drug addiction or mental problems.
D) undergo a training session.
E) pay a huge introductory cost.
Question -6-According to a high-level presidential commission, the criminal justice system in the United States
A) coddles criminals.
B) serves the poor better than it serves the rich.
C) serves the poor less well than their creditors.
D) serves creditors less well than the poor.
E) is completely objective.
Question -7-Which of the following is an element of the Missouri plan?
A) nomination of the judges by a nonpartisan commission composed of lawyers, a judge, and lay citizens
B) appointment by the governor
C) approval by the voters after an initial term on the bench
D) all of the above
E) only B and C are correct
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