A municipal court of nonrecord can be converted into a court of record by requiring the city to conduct a special election
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: T
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According to pluralism, to gain their goals, organized groups must __________.
A. bargain with each other B. ignore the "rules of the game" C. encourage powerlessness in the lower sections of society D. use force and control
If you were the Solicitor General and wanted to influence the Supreme Court in a case involving an important federal law in which the government was not specifically named as a party, you could __________
A)file an amicus curiae brief B)ask for an ex post decision C)call for a stare decisis ruling D)move for standing in the case
The First Amendment’s free exercise clause bans government laws that prohibit the free exercise of religion. An excellent example of applying this standard is the one faced by Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1943. What was that challenge?
a. The Supreme Court ruled that Jehovah’s Witnesses could not go door-to-door to advocate for their beliefs. b. The Supreme Court ruled that Jehovah’s Witnesses were out of the mainstream of religious belief and were therefore not protected by the First Amendment. c. The Supreme Court ruled that Jehovah’s Witnesses are not observing a “legitimate” religion. d. In West Virginia v. Barnette the Supreme Court ruled that the public school system could not suspend students who as Jehovah’s Witnesses refused to salute the flag in their classrooms. e. In Brown v. Board of Education the Supreme Court upheld a law which banned prayer in school by students who were Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Let’s suppose that P1 locates at Position 2 on the left–right issue dimension and that P2 locates at Position 7. Who wins the election in the situation illustrated by Figure 1?
Figure 1 illustrates an election in which there are seven voters (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) arrayed along a single left–right issue dimension that runs from 0 (most left) to 10 (most right).Each voter is assumed to have a single-peaked preference ordering over the issue dimension and to vote for the party that is located closest to her ideal point.The voters are participating in a majority rule election in which there are two parties, P1 and P2, competing for office.These parties can be thought of as “office-seeking” parties since they only care about winning the election and getting into office.
A. The two parties tie.
B. P1 wins.
C. P2 wins.