In 1977, two years after graduating from Yale Law School, Mr. Williams founded the firm Williams Legal Services with two other lawyers. By 2003, the company had expanded to 200 offices in twenty-two states. With growth, the company has found it easy to recruit staffers; however, it has faced other problems, most noticeably dissatisfaction among staff lawyers. Recently staffers in seven Minneapolis regional offices revolted, writing a memo protesting the firm's emphasis on generating fees at the expense of quality legal work. Mr. Williams fired the dissenters. His action toward the dissenters indicates the use of

The modern united kingdom and france, by virtue of most government power being held by the central, national government, are best described as having which form of government? select one: a. definitive b. federal c. unitary d. confederal

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.

Karin bought illegal firearms at a gun show. at her trial, she alleged that she had committed this crime because her boyfriend had threatened to harm her and her two daughters if she did not. her lawyer asked the judge to instruct the jury that the prosecution had an obligation to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that karin had acted freely. instead, the judge told the jury that karin had the burden of proving duress by a preponderance of the evidence. who is correct?