The U.S. Supreme Court:
A) grants most petitions for a writ of certiorari.
B) is not required to issue a writ of certiorari.
C) is against the privilege of the writ of certiorari.
D) is obligated to issue a writ of certiorari when the parties involved request that it do so.
E) always issues a writ of certiorari when criminal proceedings are involved.
B
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Why have states largely abandoned the use of sanctions as a prelude to war?
a. International norms now expect countries to seek peaceful resolution to conflict before going to war. b. Doing so gives the target country too much time to prepare for an attack by the sanctioning country. c. It is too difficult to sustain sanctions long enough for them to have any real effect on the target country’s military. d. Such sanctions leave the sanctioning country too vulnerable to counter-sanctions by allies of the target country.
An elected official attends the opening of a drug treatment center and makes a speech stressing the importance of rehabilitation, hoping that media will cover the event. The elected official is engaged in securing __________
a. gatekeeping b. narrowcasting c. muckraking d. earned media coverage
Which country is typically considered part of the developed world?
a. New Zealand b. Canada c. Israel d. all of the above
In the case of the U.S., the party in government is made up of the
a. number of registered Democratic and Republican voters. b. Democratic primary election, in which only Democrats may participate. c. number of Democrats and Republicans in Congress. d. state or national political parties (e.g. Republican National Committee)