A life term enables federal judges to decide cases based on __________ without concern for the popularity of the decision
a. judicial review
b. original intent
c. judicial restraint
d. their merits
Answer: d
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The narrow view of the Equal Protection Clause adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson was repudiated by the Supreme Court in _______________, where the Court invalidated compulsory racial segregation in public schools, and in a series of subsequent decisions in which the Court struck down other types of Jim Crow laws
a. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) b. Everson v. Board of Education (1947) c. The Civil Rights Cases (1883) d. Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
Which of the following statements is true of the writ of habeas corpus?
A. It does not require a prisoner to be presented in the court during a court hearing. B. It is not available to citizens during times of rebellion. C. It allows a criminal to be punished directly without a trial. D. It punishes individuals for committing an act that was legal when it was committed. E. It may be overruled at the discretion of Congress and the state legislatures.
Which of the following experienced the “Orange Revolution”?
a. Ukraine. b. Belorus. c. Kyrgyzstan. d. Georgia.
The willingness to engage in partisan competition separates which two of the voter participation groups?
A. Campaigners from complete activists B. Inactive voters from campaigners C. Parochial participants from communalists D. Inactive voters from parochial participants E. Communalists from campaigners