The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Proposition 8 case on gay marriage that the supporters did not have _____ to defend it
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
standing
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Name at least three types of county elected officials.
What will be an ideal response?
One reason dissenting opinions are significant to U.S. common law is that ______.
a. justices rarely want to write them, indicating that a justice might not vote the way he or she believes in order to fall in the majority b. they are usually written by the chief justice c. they usually represent the opinions of the majority of the public, indicating that the Court regularly ignores public opinion when making its rulings d. they may have a lasting impact if the Court later changes its mind e. they provide different reasons why a justice supported the majority ruling than was written in the opinion
Which term best describes the symbiotic relationship among interest groups, congressional committees and subcommittees and administrative agencies?
A. policy windows B. policy networks C. iron triangles D. rusty triangles
The Supreme Court
A. has reduced its protection of symbolic speech dramatically, and has recently ruled against flag burning as a form of protected symbolic speech. B. ruled, during the Vietnam War, that the burning of draft registration cards was a protected form of symbolic speech. C. has generally protected symbolic speech almost as substantially as it has protected verbal speech. D. has ruled that even forms of symbolic speech considered to be dangerous to the public are protected. E. has protected symbolic speech much more substantially than it has protected verbal speech.