When a journalist is given inside information by a government official it is called a __________.

A. spin
B. cushion
C. leak
D. spillover


Answer: C

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What will be an ideal response?

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How was the Supreme Court able to justify its actions in making states apply the protections of the Bill of Rights?

a. through the Bill of Rights itself b. after Congress gave the Supreme Court permission to do so c. through the powers in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution d. with the decision in Marbury v. Madison

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In a within subjects design, all participants are exposed to condition(s) of the independent variable

a. all b. several c. one d. some

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When state and federal authority are intertwined in an inseparable mixture, it is known as

a. layer cake federalism. b. cooperative federalism. c. dual federalism. d. marble cake federalism. e. national supremacy federalism.

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