While the Supreme Court and the rest of the federal judiciary cannot act as unilateral policy makers, their unique position in the nation and the federal government gives them a unique ability to aid in ______.

a. setting the national agenda
b. determining the course of future laws
c. examining the current political context
d. reviewing the authority of the legislative branch


a. setting the national agenda

Political Science

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When a court examines a law and applies the Constitution to determine whether the law or any part of it is in conflict with the Constitution, the process is best described as ______.

a. judicial review b. constitutional interpretation c. judicial implementation d. constitutional examination

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The Pennsylvania constitution adopted in 1776 was 

A. weak and undemocratic. B. strong and democratic. C. weak and undemocratic. D. strong and undemocratic. E. None of these are correct.

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Authoritarianism is worse for the people of a state than totalitarianism

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Political Science

In a large-scale comparison of the effects of several new medications on depression, the researcher must begin at

A) the naturalistic level in order to observe participants in their natural environment. B) a highly constrained experimental level in order to exert the necessary controls. C) a lower constraint level in order to gather as much personal information as possible without exerting too much control. D) the differential level of constraint because depression is a preexisting variable.

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