Discuss the benefits and costs of devolution using the examples in the textbook
What will be an ideal response?
?Welfare case: devolution in 1996 resulted in fewer welfare cases, more employment, lowered costs to the federal government, and increased state responsibility, but the lower costs were transitory, and ultimately created more rules than previously.Marijuana case:despite state governments passing ballot initiatives, the federal government is reluctant to give up control as there are few politicians interested in the cause at the national level. Federal power over commerce and banking give the federal government de facto control, even though public health and morals is traditionally a state area.?
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Which of the following is an example of grassroots lobbying?
a. members of an interest group circulating a petition to send to representatives in Congress b. asking interest group members for donations to support the group's work c. interest group leadership meeting with a legislator in the legislator's home district d. an interest group submitting written testimony in a congressional hearing
The women's and gay and lesbian movements were important in the rise of the Christian conservative movement, whose members worried that traditional family values were under assault
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Section 9 of the US Constitution imposes certain limits on congress. One very well known clause is known as "Habeas corpus". This refers to the right to:
A. Not be persecuted for a new law that wasn't active at the time of the crime B. Freedom from arbitrary seizure. or jailing without due process C. Taxation with representation D. Freedom of Speech
According to Texas law, a lobbyist must register with which group if he or she receives more than $1,000 in a calendar quarter as compensation for engaging in communications with legislative or executive branch members
that are intended to influence the passage of laws or the formulation of administrative rules? a. the Texas Legislature b. the Speaker of the House of Representatives c. the Ethics Commission d. the governor's office