When a municipality possesses home rule, it
A) can secede from one state and join another whenever it pleases.
B) can modify its charter and run its affairs without approval by the state legislature.
C) has greater freedom than those municipalities that do not possess home rule in such fields as education and police power.
D) can do all of the above.
E) is entirely dependent on the federal government for help.
B
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Which of the following is the logic behind the concept of resource curse?
A. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource invariably have decentralized control over its production. B. Governments in countries with more than one abundant natural resource have no incentives to invest in other sectors of the economy. C. Governments in countries with more than one abundant natural resource have an undeveloped market. D. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource have centralized control over the sale and taxation of that commodity. E. Governments in countries with one abundant natural resource avoid using that revenue to purchase political support.
Chief Justice John Roberts has been seen as fairly conservative, but he surprisingly voted in favor of which major statute during the Obama administration?
A. The Guantanamo Bay Treaty B. The Federal Election Act of 2010 C. The Affordable Care Act D. The Civil Rights Act of 2011 E. All of these are correct.
The three-step process for selecting a judge in which a judicial nominating commission initially screens candidates and then submits a list of three potential nominees to the governor, who then selects the judge from the list is known as ________
A) the Missouri Plan B) the non-partisan plan C) stare decisis D) the Illinois Plan E) discovery
The ability to make sizable and strategically placed campaign contributions helps interest groups ______.
a. purchase a foothold with members of the minority party in Congress, who will favor those interest groups when they rise to the majority party b. purchase the votes of all representatives or senators who are on the fence about a particular issue c. flex their political muscles to their competing interest groups d. buy access to representatives, senators, the White House, and their staffs e. take advantage of the tax benefits enjoyed through political rather than corporate spending