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LEG 100 WEEK 3 QUIZ
•	Question 1	
	The government has the right to take private property through the power of eminent domain.			
	
•	Question 2
	The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal statute, forbids discrimination on the basis of national origin in employment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the administrative agency that oversees the law. The EEOC issued Guidelines on Discrimination because of National Origin. According to one of the guidelines, the EEOC will presume a violation of the law if an employer sets a work requirement that employees must speak only English in the workplace. This is an interpretive rule because it interprets the Civil Rights Act.			
	
•	Question 3
	The amendments to the U.S. Constitution protect the people from the power of state and federal governments.			
	
			
•	Question 4
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	The doctrine of stare decisis, though vital to the creation of the common law when this country was settled, is not important to our modern, complex society.			
	
			
•	Question 5
	Judicial review is the power of the federal courts to declare a statute or governmental action unconstitutional and void.			
	
			
•	Question 6	
	The majority of work done by legislative bodies is performed in committees.			
	
•	Question 7	
	The largest source of new law comes from court decisions.			
	
•	Question 8	
	After being served with a summons and a copy of the complaint, a defendant usually files a pleading known as an answer, briefly replying to each allegation in the complaint.			
	
•	Question 9	
	Primary methods of alternative dispute resolution include litigation and mediation.			
	
•	Question 10	
	In reaching their verdicts, appellate courts conduct trials and rehear all evidence.			
	
•	Question 11	
	According to your text, the biggest change in litigation in the last decade has been			
	
•	Question 12	
	Jurisdiction can be described as			
	
			
•	Question 13
	A _______ is a ruling by the court that no trial is necessary because there are no essential facts in dispute.			
	
			
•	Question 14	
	The Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgated a rule requiring warehouse employees to wear hardhats when in the vicinity of an operating forklift. The purpose of the hardhats is to protect employees from danger of falling objects. This rule is			
	
			
•	Question 15	
	In 1994, the Arizona Supreme Court decided the case of Hernandez v. Arizona Board of Regents and found a duty of care to avoid furnishing alcohol to underage consumers. If in 2008 a Flagstaff, Arizona plaintiff brings a lawsuit against an Arizona university- fraternity for providing alcohol to members under the legal drinking age, the Hernandez v. Arizona Board of Regents case will serve as precedent.			
	
			
•	Question 16	
	Wilfred was driving too fast for the icy road conditions and hit Sally's car. Sally can sue Wilfred in criminal court.			
	
			
•	Question 17	
	If the President vetoes a bill, it can still become law if both the House and the Senate approve it with a 51% majority.			
	
			
•	Question 18	
	The three branches of government in the United States are			
	
			
•	Question 19	
	Congress passed a law imposing penalties for displaying "indecent" material online where children could see it. If the U.S. Supreme Court subsequently rules that the statute conflicts with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the statute is void.			
	
•	Question 20	
	DoorWay Computers, Inc., the trademark owner of "DoorWay," sought a court injunction to prevent Handyman Hardware, Inc. from using the domain name, "DoorWay.com." A jury will decide whether DoorWay is entitled to this remedy.