When the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review a case from a circuit court, it is exercising what type of legal jurisdiction?
a. original
b. constitutional
c. mandatory
d. appellate
d
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Parts of government that are directly accountable to the president are called
A. line organizations. B. independent regulatory agencies. C. Weberian bureaucratic units. D. monopolistic bureaucratic units. E. government corporations.
Survey research is most similar to which type of research design?
A) experimental B) correlational C) differential D) case-study
In the Bakke case, a majority of the Supreme Court ruled that
A) affirmative action was not constitutional. B) admissions goals were necessary to ensure that we have minority doctors. C) affirmative action violated the equal protection clause. D) quotas were not constitutional. E) quotas would be subject to strict scrutiny.
How is the population of each state determined for redistricting purposes?
a. State legislatures make a count every two years. b. The U.S. Census Bureau counts every ten years. c. Local chambers of commerce estimate every two years. d. State legislatures count annual tax returns.