The civil service was created partly to ensure that federal employees
a. may run in partisan political elections.
b. are promoted based on merit.
c. are promoted based on loyalty to a political party.
d. and Kayne West could have any job he wanted when not on tour.
e. are allowed full participation in party activities.
Answer: b. are promoted based on merit.
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a. Institutionally, and across the states, political parties are equally powerful. b. Political parties allow people to come together to articulate a political viewpoint. c. Political parties help nurture political leaders, mobilize citizens to vote, and formulate public policy. d. Some observers feel that the most important factor in state politics is the political party.
The ________ Amendment combined the vote for president and vice president into one ballot, with the person running for each office named
A) Ninth B) Twelfth C) Seventeenth D) Twenty-First E) Twenty-Second
Which of the following Chief Justices was known as "Super Chief"?
a. William Rehnquist b. John Marshall c. Earl Warren d. Warren Burger e. Thomas Reed.
Among the sitting justices on the Supreme Court all (9 out of 9):
a. were once legislators b. have sat on the U.S. Courts of Appeals c. were active law professors d. had few political ties