How can the governor use his or her appointment powers to affect the judicial branch, even though the Texas judiciary is elected?
What will be an ideal response?
The Texas Constitution grants the governor the power to fill any vacancy that should arise in the judicial and executive branches. Although this requires a two-thirds vote of the Texas Senate, if approved, the appointee will likely become the incumbent candidate in the next election cycle. This incumbency brings advantages such as name recognition through news coverage and existing political party support structure that makes the appointee more likely to win than not. Also, the appointee can serve without Senate approval until at least the first ten days of the next session if the appointment was made when the legislature was not in session.
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A. Race to the Top. B. Separate but Equal. C. Title IX. D. No Child Left Behind.
The strategy carried out by the White House to increase the president's popularity and support is known as which of the following?
A. Goodwill effort B. Head of state plan C. Permanent campaign D. Reelection campaign E. Spoils allocation plan
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A. Fugitive Slave Act B. Northwest Ordinance C. Alien and Sedition Acts D. Civil Rights Act
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a. The candidates received the same number of votes due to a flaw in the election. b. The candidates had no political party affiliations. c. Adams won the presidency and Jefferson became vice-president despite both being from opposite parties. d. Jefferson and Adams ran on the same ticket. e. Adams indicated to his party that the party's selection of Jefferson as candidate for vice president was not acceptable to him.