One way interest groups lobby the judiciary is to try to influence _______

A. the justices' clerks
B. judicial appointments
C. how Supreme Court conferences operate
D. the amount of time a lawyer has to present his or her case


Ans: B. judicial appointments

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All of the following is accurate about think tanks except

a. there are a small number of think tanks out there, but they have a very succinct mission. b. they are funded by individuals, corporations, and foundations that focus on analyzing a particular problem in policy. c. they can be categorized ideologically or chronologically. d. they share their results primarily through publications like the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. e. American think tanks have more influence on government policy than any other country.

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Blacks compared to whites tend to have political participation rates today that are which of the following?

A. Far lower B. Slightly lower C. About the same D. Slightly higher E. Far higher

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In Texas, which of the following groups is largest in terms of religious identification?

A) Catholic B) evangelical Protestant C) Mormon D) Buddhist

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What is the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium or equilibria for the game if you use these payoff values?

Below is the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game between the state and the citizen.Recall that E is the payoff that the citizen gets when she exits, L is the payoff that the state gets from retaining a loyal citizen, 0 is the payoff that the citizen gets from remaining loyal, and C is the cost that the citizen must pay for using voice.

Let E = 0.5, let L> 1, and let C = 0.75.


Recall that the equilibrium should be written in the following form: (citizen’s move at her first node, citizen’s move at her last subgame; state’s move at his [only] subgame).
A. exit, exit; respond
B. voice, exit; respond
C. loyalty, exit; respond
D. exit
E. voice, exit; ignore

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