A case challenging the rapidly growing public debt would likely not be considered by the
Supreme Court because it is a ________.
a. question already settled in prior court decisions
b. question that might cause Congress to limit judicial salaries
c. case that should first be heard by a state supreme court
d. moot case
e. political question
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Most parametric statistics are ________ violations of assumptions about population distributions
A) sensitive to B) ignorant of C) robust to D) redolent of Fill in the blank with the correct answer.
What is the primary purpose of political parties?
a. Contesting elections and forming governments afterward b. Rallying popular opinion around ideological platforms c. Getting information to television news outlets d. Converting new members to particular religious doctrines e. Eliminating other political parties from the political system
By far the most significant result of the Annapolis Convention in September 1786 was
a. a call to all thirteen states to attend a convention in Philadelphia the following May to create a constitution for the federal government. b. the emergence of Alexander Hamilton as a leader. c. the formation of the Supreme Court. d. the solidification of George Washington’s power as president of the United States. e. its location.
In Nix v. Williams, the Supreme Court ruled that illegally obtained evidence could be used in a criminal trial if the government could demonstrate that
a. the government acted out of malice. b. the defendant was aware that the government was investigating him or her. c. the evidence inevitably would have been found by the police in the normal course of their investigation. d. the search was conducted by state rather than federal officials. e. the evidence was verified by an independent testing laboratory.