What does it mean to refer to the carrot of grants and the stick of mandates?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Congress forcing states to adopt certain laws in order to receive federal funds.
It's like holding a carrot in front of a horse to lead him somewhere. The national government dangles money in front of the states to get what they want..
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Most of the actual work of Congress takes place
a. on the House of Representatives floor. b. in the standing committees. c. in the caucuses. d. in the House Rules Committee. e. on the Senate floor.
Forensic science can and has created grave injustice due to
A. Crime scene contamination B. The science is not clear cut C. Criminal lab personal lacked proper training D. Mishandling of DNA and other evidence E. All of the above
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a claim brought on behalf of Joshua DeShaney against a publicly funded social agency because, in the stated view of the majority, no _________ was demonstrated
a. knowledge by social workers of the violent tendencies of Joshua's father b. indication of previous injury to Joshua c. inattention by social workers d. required element of state action
The impulse of the United States of America to isolate itself from world affairs, for example, rejecting membership in the League of Nations, was a response to _____
a. the Great Patriotic War in Russia b. growing globalization and world trade c. eighteenth-century power politics and repetitive wars in Europe d. interventionism