Describe a sample state court system, including the various tiers, their responsibilities, and types of courts in each.
What will be an ideal response?
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a. anyone who official joins a major political party b. an accredited voting member of a party's national presidential nominating convention c. someone who is nominated for office at a national political convention d. an individual who casts a ballot in an open or runoff primary
Which of the following statements about persons who typically commit serious crimes is incorrect?
A) They are unwilling to accept the mores of the people who write the law. B) They have a strong sense of responsibility. C) They are disproportionately young, poor, and members of racial or ethnic minority groups. D) Many have acute emotional and social problems.
The "waves" that David Truman spoke of are periods __________.
A. when there is a rapid explosion of groups in response to political, economic, or social upheaval B. when interest groups wield considerable power over a legislature and times when they do not C. in which numbers of interest groups dwindle to reestablish equilibrium in the political system D. between the collapse and reestablishment of a government that has fallen because of interest groups
Which one of the following is a realistic description of the qualifications for office and length of terms for the Texas Legislature?
a. a twenty-year-old candidate for the Texas House of Representatives b. a fifty-year-old candidate for the Texas Senate who moved to Texas three years prior to the election c. a forty-five-year-old candidate for the Texas Senate who wants to be elected to a six-year term d. a Texas resident for twenty-five years who seeks election to the Texas House of Representatives