The incorporation process involves applying the Bill of Rights to ______.
A. the rights of criminal defendants
B. First Amendment issues
C. the states
D. traditionally excluded groups
Answer: C. the states
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Which of these people has a set of beliefs that most closely resemble those of President Woodrow Wilson?
a. A neoconservative military policy analyst b. A realist advisor to a Republican president c. A socialist candidate for state-level office d. A liberal member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Which of these was the first to establish judicial review?
a. France b. Great Britain c. The United States d. The European Union
In which of the following ways is the Supreme Court less diverse than in the past?
A. Far more appointees come from elective office. B. Far more appointees come from the appellate courts. C. There are fewer minority judges on the current Court than in previous years. D. There are fewer women on the current Court than in some previous years. E. The average age of Court members is much higher than it has been in previous years.
What is the structural argument that supports the view that democracies do not go to war with each other? a. It focuses on the way that democracies often find it easier to reach compromise with each other. b. It asserts that democracies have a respect for each other that they do not have for non-democratic states. c. As democracies are very successful at fighting wars, democratic politicians
are worried that they might lose awar with another democracy, which would make them vulnerable in upcoming elections, so they fear going towar with other democracies. d. It states that the three branches of government in a democracy and the related checks and balances make itmuch less likely for two democracies to enter into war with each other.