Discuss the selection of judges in Texas. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the practice of electing judges? What are the strengths and weakness of the practice of appointing judges?
What will be an ideal response?
Electing judges emphasizes direct influence from the populace, yet the populace is often ignorant of relevant facts in choosing one judicial candidate over another. This can create obvious partisanship in the judiciary. Appointing judges eliminates obvious partisanship and creates a greater sense of objectivity beyond electoral politics, yet appointments eliminate the direct accountability of judges to the populace.
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a. above the national average. b. below the national average. c. approximately the same as the national average. d. above the national average for presidential elections but below for others. e. below the national average for presidential elections but above for others.
Under Sadat, Egypt was the first Arab country to recognize Israel as a sovereign state
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Today, property taxes
a. are the largest source of state government revenues. b. represent the largest component of New Hampshire's tax revenues and the smallest part of those revenues in Alaska c. are easier to collect because the property never moves and its value seldom changes. d. are the largest source of local government revenues.
Which of the following best describes Thomas Malthus's theory on population growth?
a. Population increases at an exponential rate; subsistence increases at a linear rate. b. Population and subsistence both increase at an arithmetic rate. c. Population increases at an arithmetic rate; subsistence increases at a geometric rate. d. Population will continue to grow until we reach the replacement fertility rate.