The mechanism that allows the president to veto only certain provisions of a law while signing the rest into law is called:
a. the exceptional veto
b. the line-item veto
c. the partial veto
d. the pocket veto
e. the selective veto
b
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Which of the following is not one of the personal characteristics shared by most Texas Governors?
a. Politically liberal b. Wealthy c. Protestant d. Involved in civic affairs e. Male
First enacted by Mississippi in 1890 as a means of preventing Blacks from voting, the _________ soon spread throughout Southern and border states
a. poll tax b. literacy test c. grandfather clause d. white primary
In Brazil, each state and the federal district elects a. three senators. b. two senators
c. one senator. d. a number of senators in proportion to the size of their state's population, with no state having less than 1 or more than 5 senators. e. zero senators, as all senators are chosen by the state legislatures.
The functions of the Supreme Court include each of the following EXCEPT
A) maintaining national supremacy in the law. B) resolving conflicts among the states. C) reviewing the evidence in cases involving crimes committed by public officials. D) ensuring uniformity in the interpretation of national laws. E) rule on cases accepted from lower courts.