According to the authors, probably the chief reason the governor's office has become the most important overall planning office in Texas is
a. federal government requirement of coordinated planning.
b. the Supreme Court has required better state-wide planning.
c. the legislature delegated this authority to the governor.
d. the Texas constitution designates the governor's office at the primary state planner.
e. public pressure to improve planning for government activities in Texas.
A
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An iron triangle is comprised of key legislative committees, executive agencies supervised by those committees, and
a. the news media covering those agencies and committees. b. public opinion pollsters. c. interest groups. d. federal judges. e. cabinet members.
Given the antagonistic nature of the press in the 1780s, how did George Washington feel about it?
a. He felt that freedom of the press was important for creating an informed public. b. He felt that freedom of the press was a secondary concern to the problems of establishing the new nation. c. He felt the press needed to be monitored and controlled, if necessary. d. He felt that the press should be ignored because it was dominated by partisanship.
2 The movement in state supreme courts to reinvigorate state constitutions as sources of individual rights over and above the rights granted by the U.S. Constitution is referred to as:
a. state's rights b. expanded original jurisdiction c. state judicial activism d. new judicial federalism
The Real ID Act of 2005, which imposed national requirements on how states must validate personal identification when issuing driver's licenses, and the ensuing state opposition to the more strenuous requirements for obtaining a driver's license, is an example of the politics surrounding
a. federal pre-emption. b. creative federalism. c. grant-in-aid. d. intrastate compacts.