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mwit1967

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Judges have ___________________ __ from civil lawsuits for actions they take while performing their official judicial duties.
 
  a. official immunity
  b. functional immunity
  c. sovereign immunity
  d. absolute immunity

Question 2

According to Pinder v. Johnson, involving a lawsuit by a mother against police officers and others for the death of her children in a fire:
 
  a. the due process clauses create an official duty to protect life.
  b. a duty to protect life can arise when the state restrains citizens from acting on their own behalf.
  c. an affirmative duty to protect life can never arise on the part of government officials.
  d. government action can never create a duty to protect life.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b





 

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