Under the _______________, the government must show that a challenged policy bears a "substantial" relationship to an "important" government interest
a. rational basis test
b. heightened scrutiny test
c. strict scrutiny test
d. None of the above is true.
B
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Which of the following is true regarding transportation in Texas?
A. Texas has more daily riders of mass transit systems than any other state. B. Three-fourths of the revenue from the state's gas tax is constitutionally required to go to funding highways. C. Texas has historically regarded transportation as unimportant because of the compact geographical nature of the state. D. In 2013, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the state government could no longer issue bonds to fund highway construction.
Suppose a company wants to build a factory that will dump pollutants into the river. The company needs certain permissions from the government and wants tax breaks because they are bringing in jobs. The community is very much against this new environmental hazard and protests loudly. Many citizens are calling their state and federal legislators to say they don’t want the factory to be built. If the neopluralist philosophy holds true, which of the following is likely to happen?
a. Because business interests are privileged, the company will receive the permissions and tax breaks it is seeking. b. The citizens will soon tire of arguing against the inevitable and will reconcile themselves to the factory. c. To effect this change, these citizens will need to band together with a large, wealthy environmental lobbying group. d. Because the public cares so much about the issue, politicians may be reluctant to defy their constituents
The primary role of the political consultant in today's campaign process is to
A) organize the Get Out the Vote drive prior to election day. B) devise the campaign theme and overall strategy. C) direct fundraising and spending. D) monitor the campaign's progress through polling. E) deal directly with the press covering the campaign.
Which of the following statements about the ratification of constitutional amendments is LEAST accurate?
A. States can ratify amendments either through a vote in the legislature or by calling a special ratifying convention. B. Though it has never been done, Congress may convene a national convention to discuss amendments, if two-thirds of the state legislatures request it. C. In order to pass Congress, an amendment must secure two-thirds of the vote in both houses. D. Initially, no time limit was placed on the ratification process, allowing one amendment passed by Congress in the eighteenth century to be ratified at the end of the twentieth. E. An amendment is ratified as soon as a simple majority of states vote to approve it.