Gridlock often occurs in American politics under which of the following circumstances?
a. when partisanship declines in the executive branch
b. when different branches of government are controlled by different political parties
c. when the majority of state governors are from one party and the president is from the other
d. when the mainstream parties are challenged by a third party for control of the White House
b
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a. state laws were supreme over conflicting national laws b. states had inherent power to nullify federal laws c. Congress could not regulate interstate commerce d. Congress lacked the authority to ban slavery in the territories
What is the governor allowed to do without a recommendation from the state Board of Pardons and Paroles?
a. grant a full pardon b. offer a commutation c. give a conditional pardon d. grant parole e. none of these
Naturalism rejects _________________ which assumes that knowledge is a matter of deductive reasoning and that knowledge is fully certain
a. genetic epistemology b. the Duhem-Quine principle c. foundational epistemology d. empirical adequacy
There are ______ states where control of the two legislative chambers is split between the parties.
a. many b. only a few c. no d. a great deal of