Which of the following is most consistent with the incentive system approach to regulatory policy?
a. requiring a restaurant to serve sugary soft drinks in smaller cups
b. lowering the drinking age and requiring states to implement the new standards
c. reducing federal subsidies to public schools whose students have excessive absences
d. lowering taxes for bourbon distilleries in order to boost the Kentucky economy
c
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Political writers have called America's Constitution a(n) _________ construction of libertarian rights
A. positive B. negative C. explicit D. implicit E. incremental
If people are to form authentic and rational attitudes about public policies and leaders they require which of the following?
a. freedom of religious beliefs b. accurate and insightfully interpreted political information c. narrowly framed interpretations of political events d. continuous polling by public officials to find out political attitudes
Which of the following is true of the history of judicial activism and restraint in the U.S.?
A. John Marshall tried to shape the Court around the principal of judicial restraint. B. The last two decades have seen a largely liberal Supreme Court act in activist ways. C. For a long period after the Civil War, the Court became activist by trying to heavily regulate economic expansion. D. Judicial activism is sometimes unfairly associated with liberal justices. E. Judicial restraint has been the norm for the vast majority of time the Court has existed.
The doctrine of judicial review ______.
A. is expressly provided for in the Constitution B. holds that the Supreme Court possesses the authority to rule acts of Congress unconstitutional C. is a modern creation of activist judges from the civil rights era D. is only used to issue nonbinding advisory opinions