1._ is a federal law that requires building contractors to pay prevailing wages. It has helped union members,?

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but it also has had a negative effect on new entrants into the construction industry, such as minorities.
a. The Taft-Hartley Act
b. The Davis-Bacon Act
c. The Omnibus Rehabilitation Act
d. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act
e. None of these
2.The facts of a case are established by:
a. the judge
b. the attorney appointed by the judge
c. the jury
d. the parties to the case
e. all of the above
3.Common law and statutory law that define and establish legal rights and regulate behavior is:
a. procedural law
b. moral law
c. substantive law
d. stare decisis
e. none of the above
4.Among other things, the Fourteenth Amendment protects the due process rights of citizens and:
a. protects freedom of speech
b. protects the citizens right to bear arms
c. provides for equal protection
d. protects freedom of religion
e. provides no other protection

Answer 1

1) Davis-Bacon Act -- ONLY for federal government construction contracts. Negative effect on minorities is not true. While it promotes hiring of LOCAL skilled workers, it also promotes Apprenticeship programs -- minorities & women are recruited into the Apprenticeship all of the time. This bill was meant to solve one of the issues during the Depression; companies were bringing in their very cheap labor for projects instead of hiring local tradesmen who were out of work. Bush's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act for Hurricane Katrina recovery illustrated just how much we still need this law. Workers who were already struggling were taken advantage of by companies making a profit on a disaster, shameful. If the GOP & Dems can agree on something long enough to put their foot down and pressure on Bush; it's obviously a big issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis-Bacon_Act

2) d parties to the case. Attorneys present fact/theory to the judge/jury using witnesses. Judge/jury interpret use facts to render a decision/verdict.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact#Fact_in_law

3) c. Substantive law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantive_law

4) c. Equal Protection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause
and others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_Clause
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privileges_or_Immunities_Clause
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_Process_Clause

Answer 2

Davis Bacon act.
14th is the equal protection amendment passed after the civil war.