What accounts for the change in spending patterns witnessed in the 2012 primary election?
A)a rejection of paid advertising by voters
B)the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC)
C)changes in the spending proclivities of the various candidates
D)passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act by Congress
B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
____ was the first state to fully adopt merit selection as a method for choosing judges.
a. Maine b. Michigan c. Minnesota d. Missouri
What is the highest tier of the federal court system?
A) Federal district courts B) State trial courts C) U.S. Court of Appeals D) The Supreme Court E) U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Liberals oppose the use of victim-impact testimony in the sentencing phase of trials for all these reasons EXCEPT:
a) It exacerbates existing race and class disparities. b) It is the job of the criminal justice system, not victims' families, to determine appropriate punishments. c) It denies the defendant the right to confront his or her accuser. d) Sympathetic victims will unfairly prejudice juries against defendants.