In light of the emergency situation, the Russian parliament granted President Boris Yeltsin extraordinary powers to rule by decree. Which of the following was an implication of this privilege?
A. immediate suspension of the Constitutional Court
B. rising confidence among the members of the parliament with regard to Yeltsin's
economic reforms
C. the Constitutional Court's open endorsement of Yeltsin's political reforms
D. hyper-inflation in which prices rose to more than 25 times their previous level in one
year
E. a resolution of disputes between the president and the legislature by the summer of
1993
D
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Which of the following statements about the political and economic standing of women in Nigeria is INCORRECT?
a. Even though they form the bulk of agricultural producers, they are prohibited from owning land. b. They are grossly underrepresented in the government. c. Women's groups generally appeared earlier in southern Nigeria than in the north. d. Increasingly, Nigerian women's groups have begun to focus on explicitly political goals. e. In many areas of Nigeria, women control trading despite the patriarchal nature of the society.
National party conventions were developed to limit the power ofÂ
A. the people. B. party bosses. C. Congress. D. the president. E. the Supreme Court.
As a Supreme Court justice, former Harvard law professor Felix Frankfurter sharply criticized the doctrine that the First Amendment occupies a(an) "__________ position."
a. ignoble b. preferred c. sacrosanct d. unfettered
A "trial balloon" is used to test the public's opinion on new policies and programs
Indicate whether the statement is true or false