Name a direct consequence of budget cuts in the court system.

What will be an ideal response?


Varies. Possibilities include court closures, longer waiting times for cases to be dealt with or heard (this could also be stated as "less access to courts"), longer driving times for people to reach an open courthouse, no court reporters for civil and family cases.

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According to the text, the George W. Bush administration supported all of the following policy options prior to the events of September 11 except

a. refurbishing America's alliance structure around the world. b. viewing Russia and China more skeptically than the Clinton administration. c. valuing hard power over soft power in foreign policy. d. supporting humanitarian interventions worldwide to enhance global order. e. He did not support any of the above options.

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As Doris Kearns Goodwin discussed in her TED Talk, Lessons from Past Presidents, Abraham Lincoln's fierce ambition was advantageously coupled with emotional strengths.

a. true b. false

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One of Common Cause's first legislative successes in Texas was the enactment of which bill?

a. the Motor-Voter Law b. the Sarbanes's Oxley Act c. the Lobbyist Registration Act d. the Investor Protection Act

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In United States v. Comstock (2010) the Supreme Court upheld congressional legislation that permits a federal district court to order the continued confinement of sexually violent offenders who have completed their prison sentences as a valid exercise of Congress's _____ powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause

a. enumerated b. implied c. concurrent d. None of the above is true.

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