Today, under Senate Rule 22, _____ senators must sign a petition requesting cloture
A) twenty
B) ten
C) fifteen
D) eighteen
E) sixteen
E
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Discuss some of the ways that public opinion and judicial traditions and doctrines such as stare decisis act as checks on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What will be an ideal response?
So far, all successful amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by
A. the president of the United States. B. national conventions. C. a request from two-thirds of state legislatures. D. a two-thirds vote in a national referendum. E. a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress.
To the extent that interest-group money affects how legislators vote, it probably has the biggest impact on issues with
A. concentrated benefits and dispersed costs. B. dispersed benefits and concentrated costs. C. concentrated benefits and costs. D. dispersed benefits and costs. E. All of these are correct.
Some observers criticize the realist emphasis on power because
a. states are no longer relevant. b. international organizations have more power than states. c. defining power in a meaningful way is difficult. d. we live in a unipolar world.