The person currently holding office and is running for re-election is called the
A. challenger
B. incumbent
C. winner
D. front-runner
B. incumbent
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Andrew Jackson's famous (if perhaps apocryphal) comment that, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it," illustrates the fact that
A. only the president can decide whether or not Supreme Court decisions will be enacted. B. elected officials can safely ignore the decisions of the Supreme Court, because few offices experience as much turnover as that of the Supreme Court justice. C. the Supreme Court did not always have the institutional power to enforce its decisions that it enjoys today. D. the decisions of the Supreme Court have little relevance outside the cloistered world of the legal profession. E. the Supreme Court lacks any institutional means to implement its decisions.
In 2010, in McDonald v. Chicago, the Supreme Court for the first time held that the freedom of speech and press guarantees of the First Amendment were binding on state and local governments through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Who wrote Common Sense, which influenced the colonies to declare their independence from King George III and England?
A) Thomas Jefferson B) Thomas Paine C) James Madison D) Richard Henry Lee E) Henry Adams
The economic performance of the totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union was undermined by __________
a. the development of non-Communist political parties b. the influence of democratic values on Soviet society c. the routine corruption that comprised much of Soviet life d. a failure to expropriate enough property from the wealthy