Vice President Joe Biden took office promising to ________
a. shrink the office of vice president to an advisory role to the president
b. expand the office to include oversight of homeland security
c. prosecute former Vice President Cheney for his support of torture
d. spend his time presiding over the Senate
e. run a separate "shadow operation"
A
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If capitalism has won out in the battle of ideologies it might support the arguments espoused by the "__________ of ideology" debate
Fill in the blank with correct word
Aristotle was concerned that democracy could degenerate or pervert itself into a form of government in which
A) a few leaders take over by means of military power or membership in a single political party. B) government behaves much as a selfish mob, reacting without reflection and jumping to conclusions without due deliberation. C) people would have to spend their entire lives attending meetings, debating, and voting in order to consider and decide all the questions that come up for their consideration and no work would get done, causing economic collapse. D) people would delegate power to representatives to make government decisions. E) leaders were chosen by virtue of their birth into popular families.
Which statement best describes jurors' option(s) for sentencing for a person convicted of a capital crime?
A. The jury is required to sentence that person to death. B. The jury can sentence that person to prison for life with chance of parole after 40 years. C. The jury is required to sentence that person to life without possibility of parole. D. The jury can choose to sentence that person to death or to life with the possibility of parole.
Every ten years, after completion of the census, ____ reallocates congressional seats among the states
a. Congress b. the Supreme Court c. the Senate d. the House of Representatives