What factors or circumstances help keep the federal courts independent from Congress and the president?
A) The Constitutional guarantees of life tenure and a stable salary
B) The inability to impeach them
C) The power of judicial review
D) Constitutional restrictions on the President's and Congress's interaction with the court
E) The prohibition on nominees serving in any political offices
A
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A. A dependent variable B. An independent variable C. An antecedent variable D. An intervening variable
According to research, which of the following is true regarding media bias today?
a. The network evening news treats Democratic political candidates more favorably than Republican candidates. b. The media are not biased. c. All major television news stations, such as Fox News, attract only liberal television viewers. d. The media is prohibited by the First Amendment from broadcasting any politically- biased programs. e. The network evening news treats Republican political candidates more favorably than Democratic candidates.
In 1798, Congress passed laws to punish newspaper editors who published stories critical of the federal government. James Madison and Thomas Jefferson opposed the laws, arguing that the states had the right to declare null and void federal laws that violated the Constitution. The Supreme Court eventually concluded that this argument was
A. wrong. B. correct. C. impossible to settle. D. up to each individual state to settle.
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