A major development in the changing influence of the federal government was the new manner in which the Supreme Court interpreted
A. the Bill of Rights.
B. its previous rulings on checks and balances.
C. the Preamble to the Constitution.
D. Article I of the Constitution.
E. Article II of the Constitution.
Answer: A
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a. the Women’s Movement b. the National Organization for Women c. the League of Women Voters. d. Disdain Housewives
The theory of presidential system design refers to the idea that
a. presidential systems encourage political conflicts without providing the means to resolve them. b. the extent to which the rules of an institution allow the majority party to control the institution's actions drives the political outcomes emanating from the institution. c. presidential systems prevent political conflicts. d. party unity is based largely on individual party members' preferences. e. some features of presidential system can enhance political stability compared to certain parliamentary approaches.
When Thomas Hobbes referred to the "state of nature," he was describing
a. a feudal system in which people are broadly accepting of their rulers. b. a system of states that have achieved a state of peace through equal balance of power. c. a situation characterized by the absence of an authoritative body able to prevent war. d. a preindustrial stage of economic development. e. any system of states or factions in which the natural environment is a major factor in system order.
Collectivism is the term applied to the
a. governing philosophy supporting the United Kingdom's participation in the European Union. b. belief that ordinary citizens should take control over their lives and shift the balance of power downward from the state to communities and individual citizens. c. support for trade unionism in the United Kingdom. d. consensus that drove politics in the postwar period and presupposed that the state should take on more responsibility for economic governance and social welfare provisions. e. consensus that the British government should take control of its defense industries in order to successfully wage war during war time conditions.