____________ is an unwritten custom by which the president consults the senators from the state before nominating a candidate for a federal vacancy there, particularly for court positions.
a. Advise-and-consent
b. Backdoor appointment
c. Senatorial courtesy
d. Senatorial oversight
c. Senatorial courtesy
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The French government's creation of a General Planning Commission to manage their capitalist economy is an example of
a. autogestion. b. cohabitation. c. dirigisme. d. grandeur. e. pantouflage.
Most candidates for general elections in Texas get on the ballot __________
a. by winning a primary or runoff election of one of the major political parties b. by gaining enough signatures from citizens to qualify as an independent c. through nomination by the chair of their state's party organization d. through being chosen by the Republican and Democratic election caucuses of the state legislature
Contrary to expectations, death penalty states have higher mean homicide rates than non-death penalty states
A. True B. False
In recent years, nearly 60 million Americans listened to talk radio, and the majority of these listened to __________ programs
A) comedy B) communist C) conservative D) liberal E) progressive