About what percentage of cases presented to the Supreme Court are granted cert?

a. 1 percent
b. 5 percent
c. 10 percent
d. 15 percent
e. All cases are granted cert.


a

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__________ broke new ground in expanding executive power by ordering drone strikes that caused the deaths of some 3,000 people, including four American citizens

a. President Barack Obama b. President Bill Clinton c. President George H. W. Bush d. President George W. Bush

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Which of the following statements about preemption legislation is accurate?

a. Congress has passed few laws extending its power and preferred to rely on Supreme Court decisions to extend the sphere of sovereignty for the national government. b. While Congress has steadily increased the number of laws substituting federal policy for the states, the federal government is also more likely to join with the states in formulating policy. c. It allows the states to pass bills creating a sphere of sovereignty immune from any interference by the federal government. d. These are bills the President writes that must be approved by the Supreme Court to limit congressional activities.

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In policy development, the popular perspective is very much dependent upon

a. historical facts. b. support from other countries. c. funding. d. public opinion. e. belief in fairness.

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As a result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon _______

a. was impeached by the House of Representatives b. was prosecuted for felonies in the Senate c. resigned to avoid impeachment and a Senate trial d. became the only president to be impeached

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