The three major ways of providing indigent with court appointed attorneys are: (1) assigned counsel, (2) contract systems, and (3) public defender. Which of the following is true of these differing ways of providing indigents with court appointed attorneys?
A committee formed to make a recommendation to the police chief for the punishment of an officer who has been found guilty of unethical behavior would be a characteristic of what? (True or False) Increasing pay for police officers is one way to reduce corruption. This officer accepts unsolicited protection money.
Richardson 1970) The Court's most significant holding regarding the effective assistance of counsel came in 1984 in which case? Strickland v. Washington Obtaining clients is only half of the problem facing private attorneys who represent criminal clients.
Strickland v. Washington Obtaining clients is only half of the problem facing private attorneys who represent criminal clients. The second half is getting paid Because of the numerous sanctions that may be applied to defense attorneys, they are forced to take what kind of posture?
The First Amendment does not apply to corporations because the Constitution was established for "We the People" and was set up to protect individual, rather than corporate, liberties. The BCRA leaves corporations other ways to speak and to spend money on elections.
Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990) . A state law in Michigan said that for-profit and non-profit corporations could not use their money to run ads that support or oppose candidates in state elections. The Supreme Court decided that the Michigan law was constitutional.
The First Amendment applies equally to speech by individuals and speech by groups. Companies, unions, and other organizations should not face stricter rules about their speech than individuals do. Newspapers are corporations. Through editorials, news organizations and media companies try to influence elections.
The Court should not completely change the law, which has clear public support. Corruption is not limited to bribes and direct transactions. By being allowed to spend unlimited sums of money in support of a candidate, corporations and unions will have a certain amount of access to, if not power over, that candidate.
The Supreme Court decided that the Michigan law was constitutional. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BRCA) of 2002 (Also known as the McCain-Feingold Act) Among other things, this federal law banned any corporation (for-profit or non-profit) or union from paying for "electioneering communications.".