To this day, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires that counties covered under the act submit any changes in election laws to the U.S. Department of Justice. These counties are located mainly in
a. southern states.
b. northern states.
c. midwestern states.
d. western states.
a
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Which area of the federal government is most involved with policy formulation, including holding hearings and conducting research in the process of formulating legislation?
a. Legislative branch b. Judicial branch c. Executive branch d. Bureaucracy
What policies were implemented by the Ayatollah Khomeini when he became supreme leader of Iran in 1979?
a. a desire to rely on secular principles, specifically rejecting the idea of the creation of an Islamic state based upon the Quran b. a deepened reliance on the West and a suspicion of Russia because of its support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War c. nationalization of Iranian industry and the Islamicization of the legal and educational systems d. isolationism and withdrawal from the international community and a redistribution of wealth to the nation's poor
Norms can spread through various ways. Were the World Bank to help spread the Washington consensus on development strategy this would be an example of
a. norms spreading across societies and influencing governments from the bottom up. b. norms spreading from state to state. c. norms spreading through international governmental organizations. d. norms spreading through transnational groups of nongovernmental experts.
Which of the following is an alternative method of judicial selection compared to what Texas uses today?
a. all judges being elected b. all judges being appointed with no election process c. judicial seats being filled by the governor until the next election d. the legislature being able to impeach unethical judges e. the judicial branch being able to recommend the removal of judges for questionable behavior