What is the impact of the partisan filibuster on governance?
What will be an ideal response?
The partisan filibuster is the process by which most or all of the Senate’s majority party agenda is systematically blocked by an organized minority party filibuster. It has made governance in the Senate very difficult, because it means that a supermajority is required to pass even minimally controversial legislation. Coalition building becomes that much more difficult, and gridlock/status-quo-bias is increased.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
How did Goldenberg et al. (1999) combine experimental and quasi-experimental designs in their research, generating the conclusion that neurotic people relate sex and death?
What will be an ideal response?
The Internet has already made a mark on the American political process, and its impact may well continue to grow. Discuss the changes the Internet and other new communication technologies have already wrought. Have these changes been substantial or superficial? Are they for the better or for the worse? How have these technologies affected your own political engagement?
What will be an ideal response?
Laws that treat men and women differently are subject to ______.
A. strict scrutiny B. the minimum rationality test C. the Lemon test D. an intermediate standard of review