Only the Supreme Court can review the decisions of district courts
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Under the _____, the candidate who receives the largest share of the votes in the electoral district wins the seat even if that share does not constitute 51% of the votes
A. mixed electoral rule B. selectoral rule C. plurality rule D. majority rule E. proportional representation rule
________ calls for a waiting period before legislation goes into effect and allows voters to sign a petition requesting that the act be referred to the voters prior to going into effect
A. Optional referendum B. Malapportionment C. Direct initiative D. Indirect initiative E. Mandatory referendum
Why did the framers of the Constitution, such as James Madison, believe that a Bill of Rights to guarantee individual rights was unnecessary at the federal level?
a. Madison believed that citizens should have faith and trust in their federal government without requiring a legal document. b. Madison believed that if the federal government wanted to violate rights it could certainly do so with or without a Bill of Rights. c. Madison believed that the federal government had only the powers it was explicitly given so it had no power to infringe on rights in the first place. d. Madison believed that the federal government had no power to enforce such a Bill of Rights. e. Madison believed that the new Supreme Court would invalidate the Bill of Rights.
In 1833, in the case of Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court reasoned that the whole thrust of the Bill of Rights was
a. directed exclusively at restraining state power. b. directed at restraining federal and state power equally. c. advisory in nature, directed at neither the national government nor the states. d. directed exclusively at restraining the power of the national government.