Which of the following statements represents an informal method used to adapt the Constitution?
A) The Supreme Court creates a specialized court to review requests for wiretapping suspected terrorists.
B) The Supreme Court makes recess appointments to lower federal courts when the president delays confirmation of appointees.
C) The president delegates to a federal agency the power to write regulations.
D) Congress suspends civil liberties in a time of war.
E) Congress passes a law that regulates business conducted between different states because of the commerce clause.
E
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The two-ballot system used in presidential elections means that
a. citizens vote for the president and prime minister on separate ballots. b. only two candidates can run for president. c. if no candidate wins a majority on the first ballot, a run-off election is held two weeks later between the top two candidates. d. citizens vote for the president and the National Assembly on separate ballots. e. citizens vote for the individual on one ballot and the party on another.
Which statement about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is NOT correct? a. It can strike down EU laws it judges to be contrary to the treaties, but has no such power with respect to the laws of member states. b. It is comprised of one justice per member state along with eight advocates-general
c. It is based in Luxembourg. d. It lacks the ability to seek out cases to hear but instead must wait for cases to be brought before it. e. It typically divides its work into chambers usually comprised of three or five justices.
In regards to voting in the early nineteeth century, religion could __________
a. exclude you from voting if you were Jewish or Catholic b. exclude you from voting if you were a member of the clergy c. not affect whether you were allowed to vote d. substitute for a property-holding qualification
When a military forcibly removes the existing regime and establishes a new one, this is referred to as a ______.
A. coup d’état B. militia uprising C. revolution D. civil war