The federal district courts are responsible for ______.
a. finding facts and delivering opinions on a case
b. determining questions of constitutionality
c. analyzing the appropriateness of criminal punishments
d. how the decision of the court was rendered within the context of the law
a. finding facts and delivering opinions on a case
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People's views, in combination with what other factor, influence their responses to survey questions about in-the-news issues like gun control?
a. their representative's ideologies b. the stories and ideas that they have heard most recently c. the latest voter-tracking data d. the signals of policy makers e. the relative importance of the issue to the public at large
A shift in fundamental party identification and loyalty caused by significant historical events or national crises is known as a(n)
a. party identification. b. socialization. c. revolution d. reorganization. e. realignment.
According to the text, key reasons for abandoning isolationism by the United States after World War II included
a. a changing attitude toward global involvement by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and their advisors. b. the fear that Britain under Winston Churchill was seeking to assert global power at American expense. c. the economic and political vacuum that existed generally in central Europe and global politics. d. the successful revolution in China by Chiang Kai-shek. e. Both options A and C are true.
Which position does the statement by Charles Evans Hughes illustrate?
a. judicial activism, because it suggests the constitution is the law of the land b. judicial restraint, because it says the nation is riled by the constitution c. judicial activism, because it says the courts interpret the constitution d. judicial restraint, because it says the courts safeguard our liberty