The most common manner of making formal changes to state constitutions is permitted in all fifty states and accounts for 90 percent of all revisions. It begins with a(n)
a. legislative proposal.
b. initiative.
c. constitutional convention.
d. constitutional commission's recommendations to the electorate.
a
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A concern many people have about American political debates is that the
a. free-market economy gives an unfair disadvantage to large corporations. b. people do not have the opportunity for sufficient political participation. c. poor have more interest groups to lobby in their favor. d. upper class is unduly burdened. e. voices of rich interest groups outweigh those of the poor.
Once an accused individual has asserted his or her Sixth Amendment right to counsel, any statements obtained from subsequent questioning would be inadmissable at trial unless the accused initiated the communication.
a. Michigan v. Jackson 1986 b. New York v. Quarles 1984 c. Strickland v. Washington 1984 d. Gideon v. Wainwright 1963 e. Hurtado v. California 1884
Generating public pressure and awareness may
A. convince policymakers that public opinion overwhelmingly supports the interest group's position. B. mislead the public on environmental issues. C. bypass the legislative process. D. force bureaucrats to answer to congressional committees. E. lobby lawmakers directly.
According to data presented in the chapter, the total tax burden of the United States is __________ that of other rich democracies
a. approximately equal to b. lighter than c. much heavier than d. nonexistent when compared to