Describe the structure of the American legal system and the federal judiciary.
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Students should discuss the division of cases between criminal and civil and the layering of courts at the federal level from 94 district courts to 13 appellate courts and then to the Supreme Court. Students should also discuss forms of jurisdiction including original and appellate courts. Students should discuss how most state court systems are laid on the same foundation as the federal courts, with the distinction that the state court systems handle many more cases than the federal courts due to differences in jurisdiction (federal vs. state and local). Student answers may vary but should discuss foundational principles of both federal and state courts. Other concepts that may be discussed are legal standing, legal precedent, and the tradition of stare decisis.
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Which of the following is NOT a type of interest group?
a. Coalitional alliance b. Membership organizations c. Associations d. Individual institutions
What consequences follow the character and quality of media coverage of political news when news organizations are privately owned? How does this differ from the type of coverage provided by publicly owned organizations?
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Immigration policy in the 1920s
A) caused the largest surge of immigration since the early 1900s. B) targeted the Chinese and was passed in response to a backlash against Chinese immigrant labor used to build the railroads. C) abandoned the national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans. D) imposed a national-quotas system favoring northern Europeans. E) barred immigration of Hispanics.
The ___ is the group of people chosen from each State and the District of Columbia to formally select the President and Vice President.
A. electoral college B. chief citizen C. chief of state D. chief executive E. chief administrator F. chief legislator G. presidential primary H. balance the ticket I. winner-take-all J. keynote address