A government decree that a person is guilty of a crime, rendered without benefit of a trial, is known as __________
a. an ex post facto law
b. a habeas corpus violation –
c. a bill of attainder
d. double jeopardy
c
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The electoral system used for legislative elections (for the House of Representatives) in the United States is:
A. single-member district plurality. B. two-round system. C. list PR. D. single nontransferable vote.
What doctrine maintains that if a subject of interstate commerce is national in character, the regulation of that subject is exclusively federal?
a. Cooley doctrine b. Smith doctrine c. Nondelegation doctrine d. Affectation doctrine
Which of the following statements is true of government employment during the presidency of Ronald Reagan?
A) Government employment has been unstable since 1980, when Reagan was elected president. B) During Reagan's first four years in office, government employment rose sharply. C) President Reagan's 1980 stimulus program helped stabilize government employment 1981 through 1982. D) The inclusion of revenue sharing during Reagan's presidency led to a drop in government employment. E) The decrease in government employment during Reagan's presidency was primarily at the local level.
of the strategic deterrent force of the United States is aging and in some cases is ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).