Which of the following represents an approach to understanding judicial decision making that emphasizes the importance of courts' structures and processes as well as the courts' role in the governing system?
a. new institutionalism
b. strategic voting model
c. judicial intention
d. flexible interpretation
a
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Select an empirical fact about labor and capital mobility impacts on a country’s gross domestic product:
a. Countries open to trade can expect a higher return on labor investment when compared to countries less open to trade. b. Countries open to trade can expect a lower return on labor investment when compared to countries less open to trade. c. Countries less open to trade can expect a higher return on labor investment when compared to countries open to trade. d. There is no empirical relationship between labor and capital mobility and gdp.
The main objective of the Pendleton Act of 1883 was to _____
a. expand the power of party leaders b. increase the use of patronage hiring c. establish a merit-based civil service system d. introduce affirmative action into civil service hiring
Compare and contrast the beliefs regarding interest groups expressed by Alexis de Tocqueville and James Madison.
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Which of the following statements about public executions in the United States today is LEAST accurate?
A. Only one-quarter of all the states (plus the federal government) still has the death penalty. B. The Supreme Court has ruled that mentally retarded convicts cannot be put to death. C. The United States is the only Western democracy that uses the death penalty. D. The Supreme Court has ruled that convicts cannot be put to death for murders that they committed when they were minors. E. DNA tests have led to the exoneration of over a dozen convicts that were sentenced to death.