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Judicial Branch/New South Test Flashcards

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Who are committing delinquent acts (adult crimes) such as burglary and car theft?

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Delinquent juveniles

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Juveniles are first assigned a what when they are taken into custody?

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Intake officer

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A civil case is a what?

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A dispute between 2 people

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The most serious crimes that are less serious than misdemeanors are called what?

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Felonies

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Juveniles are guaranteed a right to what?

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a fair trial, an attorney, protection from self-incrimination and to have their parents with them

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What courts only hear cases that are appealed from lower courts (not original cases)?

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Appellate courts

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A juvenile is under the age of what?

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17

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Who decides if a person should be charged with a crime?

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The grand jury

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Who decides if the juvenile should be detained or released to his or her parents?

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Intake officer

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What juveniles are committing status offenses such as running away from home and being out between midnight and 5 am?

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Unruly juveniles

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What juveniles are neglected and abused by parents or guardians?

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Deprived juveniles

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The highest ranking court in Georgia is what?

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The State Supreme Court

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The top trial court in Georgia is the what?

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Superior Court

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Trial courts hear what cases?

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Civil and criminal cases

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A criminal case involves what?

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The breaking of the law

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Juveniles committing serious felonies such as murder and armed robbery are tried in superior court as what?

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Adult criminals

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The State Supreme Court is a what?

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An appellate court

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Trial courts have what?

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have a jury and witnesses (original cases)

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Juvenile cases always are heard by a what?

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Judge but not a jury

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The judicial branch (state supreme court) can declare a law what?

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Unconstitutional

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A juvenile court formal hearing is similar to a what?

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Trial

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How are members of the State Supreme Court chosen?

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Members of the state supreme court are elected not appointed by the governor.

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year or more in prison, fine of at least $1000 or more

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Felony

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less than a year in prison, fine of less than a $1000

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Misdemeanor

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What do juveniles not have a right to?

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They do not have the right to bail when they are being detained.

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Who decides if the juvenile should be detained or released to his or her parents?

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Intake officer

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Trial courts have what?

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have a jury and witnesses (original cases)

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The top trial court in Georgia is the what?

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Superior Court

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How are members of the State Supreme Court chosen?

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Members of the state supreme court are elected not appointed by the governor.

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What were the laws that supported segregation (separation of races in public places)?

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Jim Crow Laws

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The judicial branch (state supreme court) can declare a law what?

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Unconstitutional

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Trial courts hear what cases?

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Civil and criminal cases

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A criminal case involves what?

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The breaking of the law

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Who was the man of Jewish faith, was taken from prison and lynched by a mob?

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Leo Frank

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A juvenile is under the age of what?

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17

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Who came up with the phrase “New South”?

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Henry Grady

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The State Supreme Court is a what?

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An appellate court

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What began that was titled the Knights of Mary Phagan, named after the girl Leo Frank was accused of murdering?

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A new chapter of Ku Klux Klan

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Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution?

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Henry Grady

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Juveniles committing serious felonies such as murder and armed robbery are tried in superior court as what?

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Adult criminals

40
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A civil case is a what?

A

A dispute between 2 people

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What juveniles are neglected and abused by parents or guardians?

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Deprived juveniles

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What took away the voting rights of African-Americans?

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The poll tax, grandfather clause, white primary and literacy tests all took away the voting rights of African-Americans.

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What is the loss of voting rights?

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Disenfranchisement

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less than a year in prison, fine of less than a $1000

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Misdemeanor

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Who was very successful and founded the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company which is a majority African-American owned company?

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Alonzo Herndon

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Juveniles are first assigned a what when they are taken into custody?

A

Intake officer

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Who are committing delinquent acts (adult crimes) such as burglary and car theft?

A

Delinquent juveniles

48
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How many justices are in the state Supreme Court and how long are their terms?

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7; 6 years

49
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A juvenile court formal hearing is similar to a what?

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Trial

50
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What courts only hear cases that are appealed from lower courts (not original cases)?

A

Appellate courts

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What emphasized industry, diversified agriculture and northern investment in Southern factories and mills?

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The New South

52
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What stated that public facilities could be separate as long as they were equal?

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Supreme Court in Plessy VS Ferguson

53
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The most serious crimes that are less serious than misdemeanors are called what?

A

Felonies

54
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Who decides if a person should be charged with a crime?

A

The grand jury

55
Q

The highest ranking court in Georgia is what?

A

The State Supreme Court

56
Q

Juveniles are guaranteed a right to what?

A

a fair trial, an attorney, protection from self-incrimination and to have their parents with them

57
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Juvenile cases always are heard by a what?

A

Judge but not a jury

58
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Alonzo Herndon was born as what?

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A slave

59
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The Supreme Court states in what case that segregation legal?

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The Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson made segregation legal.

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What juveniles are committing status offenses such as running away from home and being out between midnight and 5 am?

A

Unruly juveniles

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year or more in prison, fine of at least $1000 or more

A

Felony

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What do juveniles not have a right to?

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They do not have the right to bail when they are being detained.

63
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Who were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

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Alfred H.Colquitt, John B. Gordon and Joseph E. Brown

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What did the Bourbon Triumvirate believe in?

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The Bourbon Triumvirate believed in the ideas of the New South, white supremacy and eliminating Republican policies in Georgia.

65
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What showed the country the economic potential of Georgia and the South?

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International Cotton Exposition

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What is the main purpose of the International Cotton Exposition?

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to showcase the industries of the New South and show how the South had recovered from the Civil War

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Who was the Georgia Populist leader, created the Rural Free Delivery Bill?

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Tom Watson

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What bill required the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail to rural areas free of charge?

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Rural Free Delivery Bill

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Who supported educational reform, the temperance (anti-alcohol) movement and the suffrage(woman’s right to vote) movement?

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

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Who was against the convict lease system and the Bourbon Triumvirate?

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Rebecca Latimer Felton

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Who believed that African-Americans should attain economic independence first and favored a gradual approach to social equality and civil rights?

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Booker T. Washington

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Who founded Tuskegee Institute to give African Americans job training?

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Booker T. Washington

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Who disagreed with Booker T. Washington and wanted African-Americans to attain social equality first?

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W. E. B. DuBois

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Who helped found the Niagara Movement which worked for civil rights and became the NAACP and also wanted to educate the top ten percent of African-Americans to be leaders?

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W. E. B. DuBois

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Who was an educator and friend of W.E.B. Dubois?

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John Hope

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Who was the president of Atlanta Baptist College and Atlanta University?

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John Hope

77
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Who organized the Neighborhood Union?

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Lugenia Burns Hope

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What organization aided poor families in the city with boys and girls clubs, financial aid and vocational training?

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Neighborhood Union

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All government in Georgia originates from the what?

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People/voters

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The first step an intake officer takes with a juvenile is what?

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To contact parents

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What takes the place of a trial in juvenile justice?

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A formal hearing

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What are the typical juvenile punishments?

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Typical juvenile punishments: probation, youth detention center, and community service

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What filed the Atlanta- Riot in 1906?

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by false stories of attacks upon whites by blacks and Tom Watson’s speeches and publication

84
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What event led to many people killed and injured?

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Atlanta Riot

85
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What could win an election without winning the popular vote?

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County unit system

86
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What gave too much power proportionately to the rural areas?

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County unit system

87
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How can people settle disputes?

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peacefully by walking away, maintaining their calm, and seeking advise and mediation from an adult

88
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Who promote the governor’s agenda?

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Floor leaders

89
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state’s chief legal officer

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Attorney officer

90
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What meets when the General Assembly is not normally in session?

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Interim committees

91
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Who reviews a bill before the General Assembly votes on them?

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Committee

92
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How long are the terms of general assembly members?

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2 years

93
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The General Assembly uses what to reapportion voting districts?

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The census

94
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What must you win to join the General Assembly?

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A district wide vote

95
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What are used to speed up the passage of a bill?

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Joint committee

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