Which of the following is a political institution?
A. the U.S. Supreme Court
B. the legislature
C. the executive
D. the judiciary
A. the U.S. Supreme Court
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Gene Sharp has argued for decades that the best way to overthrow corrupt and repressive regimes is through:
A. third party intervention B. violent revolution C. military coups D. nonviolent political action E. UN peacekeeping forces
The most effective complaint raised by the Anti-Federalists against the proposed Constitution in 1788 was
a. the inability of the states to tax the federal government. b. its lack of state power to raise an army. c. its lack of a bill of rights to protect individuals against abuses by the government. d. the creation of the office of president. e. the retention of too much power at the state level.
Where the state governs, and is governed by, people of one nation, is defined as ______.
A. a regime B. a government C. a state D. a nation-state
When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case appealed to it from a circuit court, it is exercising its __________ jurisdiction
a. original b. constitutional c. mandatory d. appellate