Explain why campaign finance reform was created and what its present day limitations are.
What will be an ideal response?
Political money was at the heart of the Watergate scandals that drove President Nixon from office and sent some of his top advisors to jail. In the wake of these events, a series of reform laws were enacted that imposed strict limits on individual campaign donations to federal candidates and parties; limited the amounts federal candidates could spend; regulated group donations, which had to be made through registered political action committees (PACs); provided for federal financing of presidential campaigns on a matching basis for candidates who accept limits on campaign expenditures; required public disclosure of campaign donations, including the identity of anyone contributing more than $200; and mandated detailed disclosure of campaign expenditures. Over time, the efficacy of the Watergate laws has been undermined by a combination of court decisions, artful interpretations by campaign lawyers, and weak enforcement.
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a. ignore the reality that some individuals are malicious for psychological reasons. b. not recognize that some people need therapy or help. c. be only part of the truth. d. all of the above
Approximately ____________ of the women in Kernsmith and Kernsmith's research sample reported employing at least one of the measured sexual coercion strategies
in the previous year in order to get someone to do something sexual that the other person did not want to do. a. 65% b. 43% c. 23% d. 10%
In age stratification theory, the individual is the subject matter.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Adorno believes one of the true purposes of culture is to
a. objectify the customer. b. render the impossible possible. c. suppress disruptive alternatives. d. strengthen the established authority.