Which of the following best describes how cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal?
A) All appeals are forwarded from the federal system's lower appellate courts.
B) Nearly all cases are appealed from the state courts.
C) Most cases are referred to the Supreme Court by the executive branch.
D) About half of the cases come from federal appellate courts and the other half come from the state court systems.
E) The majority of Supreme Court appellate cases originated in the military courts.
D
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A. government corporation. B. independent regulatory agency. C. independent executive agency. D. government-sponsored enterprise. E. government-sponsored cooperative.
Interest groups tend to be more influential when __________
a. their members are concentrated in one part of the state b. they are larger c. their leadership is internally divided d. they illegally provide bribes to legislators
By 2050, what percentage of the American population will be over the age of 65?
A. 10 percent B. 80 percent C. 35 percent D. 25 percent E. 20 percent
Which of the following statements about environmental regulations in the United States is NOT true?
a. Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken a limited role in regulating the activities of private actors. b. While 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes, this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism. c. President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations, which were subsequently adopted by Congress. d. The United States has fewer environmental regulations than other advanced democracies. e. States have tended to act in the absence of federal action on environmental issues as exemplified by several states adopting emissions caps that broadly follow the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocols that has not been adopted by the national government.