The norm of ______ generally allows senators to nominate lower-lever federal judges to serve in their states with the expectation that they will be confirmed without significant opposition.
a. congressional oversight
b. senatorial courtesy
c. advice and consent
d. state federalism
b. senatorial courtesy
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Which of the following statements is true of a house effect?
A. Polling firms with a house effect are always right. B. All polling firms face the house effect during elections. C. A firm with a house effect could be right on certain occasions. D. Polling firms that exhibit a house effect miss out on important points unlike its competitors. E. Polling firms with a house effect are disqualified from voting in elections.
In _Lawrence v. Texas_, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sodomy laws, which prohibit intimate homosexual conduct and certain other forms of sexual activity, violated the Fourteenth Amendment's _________.
A. free exercise clause B. establishment clause C.supremacy clause D.due process clause
Civilians constituted the minority of the dead in World Wars I and II
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
__________ is the proclaimed right of a state to declare a federal law void
a. Legislative veto b. Nullification c. Referendum d. Reformation