In the United States, checks and balances allow each branch of government to restrain the other branches and, in so doing, support the principle of _____
a. separation of powers
b. popular sovereignty
c. legitimacy
d. judicial review
e. national supremacy
a
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The free-rider problem describes
a. the costless consumption of a public good by a large number of individuals resulting in its destruction. b. the tendency of individuals to defect from group activity in favor of their own interests. c. the ability of an individual to gain a benefit while not contributing to collective action. d. the challenges associated with balancing transaction and conformity costs.
Why, according to Doyle, is it not the case that liberal states are inherently more peaceful than other states?
a. because liberal states go to war just as much as other states b. because non-liberal states have become as peaceful as liberal states c. because liberal states frequently go to war against other liberal states d. because liberal states differ across nearly all other criteria
How can a third party get on the ballot if it does not? secure the required number of votes to get on the ballot?
A) ?It must get consent from the two major parties. B) ?It must petition the state board of electors with its party platform and pay a registration fee. C) ?It can bring litigation to the state court of election appeals. D) ?It can launch a petition drive to gather the signatures of voter who did not vote in either major party primary.
What differentiates primary sources of international law from secondary (or auxiliary) sources?
a. Primary sources are imposed by external authorities; secondary sources stem from a state’s own domestic laws and customs. b. Primary sources emerge from cooperative general principles; secondary sources come from existing treaties between states. c. Primary sources may be contested at the United Nations; secondary sources must be reconciled between individual states. d. Primary sources are based on existing treaties and customs; secondary sources are derived from similarities in domestic laws and legal precedents.