How does direct democracy challenge the theoretical assumptions of representative democracy?
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. The U.S. Founders believed that representatives working in competing branches (executive and legislative) would check each other with overlapping powers, would filter the passions of their constituents through a deliberative process, and would find compromises in their quest to make good public policy. The forms of direct democracy available to Californians are not suited for deliberation or compromise, or "checks" against the tyranny of the majority; they offer "take-them-or-leave-them" solutions that (with difficulty) can only be replaced with another alternative, not amended.
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a. clairvoyant voting b. expectant voting c. future voting d. prospective voting e. tentative voting
What do we call the harsh penalties for unmet regulatory goals that Congress includes in its regulatory legislation?
A) Hammers B) Golden bullets C) Blame avoidance D) Poison pills E) Negative externalities
Bureaucratic agencies often decide for themselves how to carry out the wishes of Congress because
A. legislation is often too vague to effectively guide the bureaucracy. B. presidents want to use the bureaucracy to circumvent Congress. C. they are enabled to do so by the legislation itself. D. legislation is often too vague to effectively guide the bureaucracy and presidents want to use the bureaucracy to circumvent Congress. E. legislation is often too vague to effectively guide the bureaucracy and they are enabled to do so by the legislation itself.
In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that constitutional rights
a. have to be specifically mentioned in the Constitution. b. are found only in the first five amendments to the Constitution. c. do not include the right to privacy. d. are not restricted to rights specifically mentioned in the Constitution.