The federal courts can interpret the meaning of laws and of the Constitution, but they are limited by the broad authority of Congress to shape the structure of the federal judicial
system and to define the types of cases courts can hear. This illustrates what constitutional device?
a. Federalism
b. Judicial review
c. Checks and balances
d. Separation of powers
e. National supremacy
Answer: C
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A) South Korea focused on electronics and computer industries while Taiwan focused on iron, coal, steel and automobile industries,. B) South Korea focused on iron, coal, steel and automobile industries, while Taiwan focused on electronics and computer industries. C) South Korea focused on copper, diamonds, and timber while Taiwan focused on defense and entertainment industries. D) South Korea focused on electronics and other light industries, while Taiwan focused on banking and trade.
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a. in a joint research project between the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology b. to network Department of Defense computers c. in a joint venture of Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Microsoft d. by computer science students at the California Institute of Technology in a class project
The proposition that political society is an agreement between ruler and ruled with rights and obligations for both is called
A) equality of condition. D) multiculturalism. B) social contract theory. E) equality of obligation. C) liberalism.
According to historians, the length and mass detail of many state constitutions reflect the
A) political involvement of citizens during the 1800s. B) effects of Congress forcing detailed measures on state governments. C) impact of the feminist movement and its leaders. D) loss of popular confidence in state legislatures in the late 1800s. E) impact of reconstruction following the Civil War.