What were the reasons behind "professionalizing" California's legislature in 1966?
What will be an ideal response?
By increasing the salary and making the job of legislating a full-time position, it was hoped that legislative service would become attractive to people who couldn't otherwise give up their careers to become part-time legislators. They also hoped to create a legislative body that could separate itself from the enticements of lobbyists, and be given the necessary resources to compete on more equal footing with the executive branch.
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The analysis of variance (ANOVA) actually compares
A) The variance of all the groups. B) The standard error of all the groups. C) The means of all the groups. D) The standard deviation of all the groups.
Why were so many former slaves illiterate?
a. They had no time for reading. b. They had no interest in books. c. It was difficult to obtain reading material. d. Teaching reading and writing to slaves was largely illegal.
Political scientist Phillip Converse refers to a “normal vote.” In the context of the political party, what is meant by this term?
a. There are no controversies involved in the electoral outcome. b. The election has one Democrat and one Republican, with no third party candidates. c. A certain number of Democratic votes will be cast by Democrats and a certain predictable number of Republican votes will be cast by Republican voters. d. In this type of vote, a predictable amount of voters turn out and participate. e. The results of the election are not dramatic or realigning.
In a case that involved a person accused of committing arson, the jury failed to give a unanimous verdict. According to Texas law, in such an instance, the judge cannot declare a hung jury
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.