Congress undertaking direct regulation of areas traditionally reserved to the states and restricting state authority to regulate these areas is known as __________ federalism
a. environmental
b. coercive
c. representational
d. dual
Answer: b
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a. It magnifies the popular support of the losing candidate. b. It discourages third-party candidacies. c. It ensures that the most popular candidate becomes president. d. It ensures that the president is supported by a majority of the population.
In order to choose which policy options (such as sanctions or public education) are better than others to reduce cell phone use, policy analysts might use the criterion of efficiency. What question would they ask related to efficiency?
A. Which of these options will be the most acceptable to the driving public? B. Which of these options is projected to reduce cell phone use the most? C. Which of these options will least restrict people’s freedom and choice? D. For what we invest, which of these options is likely to do the best job of reducing cell phone use?
Which of the following is a right specified in the original drafted Constitution?
a. trial by jury in the national courts b. freedom of speech c. right to bear arms d. freedom of assembly
In recent decades, Congress has __________.
A. increased the number of mandates and preemptions forced on the states B. eliminated all mandates and preemptions except in times of emergency or national crisis C. resisted efforts to cut taxes D. decreased the federal role in policymaking in favor of the states