Which of the following statements about the organization of the federal judiciary is accurate?
A. All of the lower courts must follow the decisions of the Supreme Court so there is consistency in the law.
B. It is a decentralized organization, physically dispersed across the nation, and administered by individual, life-tenured judges.
C. The clean lines of authority stemming from the organizational structure create a tightly supervised hierarchy.
D. The Supreme Court has a wide variety of administrative tools that it can use to make sure that its agents implement the Court's policies.
Answer: B
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Which of teh following Constitutional Amendments states that anything not specified in the United States Constitution is within the scope of state governments?
a. First Amendment b. Sixth Amendment c. Tenth Amendment d. Nineteenth Amendment
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a. becoming more – b. neither more nor less c. less d. overly
Congress's first attempt to control lobbyists, the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946,
A) proved largely ineffectual because it provided for public disclosure more than for regulation. B) ironically caused an increase in the number of lobbyists in Washington, DC. C) forced many interest groups to abandon attempts to influence the government. D) reduced the effectiveness of most interest groups. E) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.