The Mexican Congress has evolved from a rubber-stamp institution to one that must be negotiated with the executive branch due to
a. rulings by the Mexican Supreme Court upholding Congress's role in the policy process
b. the passage of constitutional amendments that strengthened the role of the Mexican Congress.
c. the loss by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of its stranglehold on congressional representation.
d. the growth of a recalcitrant public demanding more representation in the policy-making process.
e. changes in the policy implementation process, which made the process less flexible.
c
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Which of the following statements about Supreme Court justices and political ideology is correct?
A. Because the job of Supreme Court justices is to interpret the Constitution, each justice's political ideology has no effect on his or her conclusions. B. The liberal or conservative slant of Supreme Court justices has an impact on their rulings, but a minor one. C. The liberal or conservative slant of Supreme Court justices can be used to predict their rulings with near-perfect accuracy. D. Because the Supreme Court must be objective in its rulings, people with observable political leanings are almost never nominated as justices. E. The liberal or conservative slant of Supreme Court justices has a significant impact on their rulings.
Most industrialized democracies give up to how much of their GNP in aid to less developed countries?
a. Over 10 percent b. Between 5 and 10 percent c. Between 2 and 5 percent d. Between 1 and 2 percent e. Less than 1 percent
What Supreme Court case rendered the Defense of Marriage Act insignificant?
a. United States v. Winsor c. Bowers v. Hardwick b. Lawrence v. Texas d. Studds v. GLAAD
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