Interest groups use amicus curiae briefs to attempt to influence the courts
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Which of the following is true of the constitutional roles of state and federal governments in regulating elections?
A. In the United States, elections for the presidency are purely national. B. It seems to require only that states actually use and abide by elections. C. The U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the leading role in regulating elections. D. The federal government has no control over the regulation of national elections. E. Senate elections are nationwide contests.
A majority winner in a runoff primary is the candidate receiving ________
A. the most votes B. at least fifty percent of the vote C. fifty percent plus one of the vote D. two-thirds of the vote
Plaintiff Carol Burnett, the comedienne, believed she had been defamed by an article in the National Enquirer, which stated that Burnett was intoxicated and involved in a row with Henry Kissinger in a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She sued the Enquirer, and the jury awarded her $300,000 in general damages and $1,300,000 in punitive damages. The National Enquirer argued that the evidence produced
at trial did not establish malice as a matter of law. What posttrial motion would the Enquirer make? a. JNOV c. Summary judgment b. Directed verdict d. Motion to dismiss
Conservatives make a distinction between material and behavioral poverty. What is behavioral poverty?
a) An income below the poverty line for more than one generation b) A hostility to work and marriage c) A person who has a grandparent who lived in poverty and lives in poverty him or herself d) A person without an education or job training by age eighteen