Why did Justice Souter wait until 2009 to retire?
a. so that he would get a bigger pension
b. so that Barack Obama rather than George W. Bush would name a new justice
c. to avoid the appearance of impropriety when deciding important cases on the docket in 2008
d. to ensure that he would be covered under the Affordable Care Act
b
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a. hegemonic pull. c. polarization. b. cluster gravitation. d. alliance formation.
The__________justified and permitted racial segregation
A) separate-but-equal doctrine B) preferred position doctrine C) Monroe Doctrine D) Truman Doctrine E) Bill of Rights
Since the 1970s, corporations, labor unions, and special interest groups have been allowed to raise funds and make campaign contributions through _____
A) political action committees B) Congress members C) executive members D) senate committees E) Advertising Standards Authorities
Ethnic cleansing may include all of the following except for ______.
a. the elimination of certain cultural practices by an ethnic group, so that it is more acceptable to other groups b. the forceful elimination of a particular ethnic group within a country c. the desire to homogenize a country in terms of ethnicity, nationality, or other cultural markers d. eliminating the political rights of a particular ethnic minority