As part of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, interest groups are now barred from paying for judges to attend "legal education" conferences
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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Why did Connecticut and Rhode Island draft constitutions many years after the other eleven states?
a. They were not confident that independence would last. b. Their original constitutions were acceptable because they had not had royal governors. c. They could not reach a consensus at their state conventions. d. They were too preoccupied with their obligations to the national constitution. e. They preferred to operate without formal constitutions.
In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court found that a state statute allowing capital punishment for persons convicted of raping a child violated the Eighth Amendment
a) Kennedy v. Louisiana b) Bell v. Wolfish c) Ford v. Wainwright d) Penry v. Lynaugh
The president vetoes a bill. The Senate votes to override by a margin of 70 to 30. In the House, the vote is 260 to 175 in favor of an override. What becomes of the legislation?
a. It becomes law. b. It goes to a conference committee to be rewritten. c. It goes to the Supreme Court for legal advisement. d. It is dead. e. It goes to the voters in the next general election.
Single-member district plurality(SMDP) systems are sometimes criticized because they:
A. do not allow voters to hold their representatives accountable very easily. B. can produce very unrepresentative electoral outcomes at the district level. C. both (A) and (B) are common criticisms of SMDP systems.