________ are defined as organized, sustained, and collective efforts that make claims on behalf of members of a group
A. Government authorities
B. Social movements
C. States
D. Federal cadres
E. Military coups
B
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Gabriel is a white middle-class father of two, who works as a librarian in the public library system of a large city in the American West. He is 57 years old
Although Gabriel is generally inclined to support Democratic candidates whose policies provide an economic safety net for those hardest hit by recessions, he will occasionally vote Republican or as an Independent. He is especially concerned about equal access to health care and is inclined to support more aggressive measures to protect the environment from careless polluters. In terms of political ideology, how is Gabriel likely to self-classify himself? a. conservative b. liberal c. extremely liberal d. non-ideological
What was the real purpose of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's court-packing plan?
A. implementing mandatory retirement ages for judges so that Roosevelt could appoint new judges who would be sympathetic to his New Deal programs. B. the opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices sympathetic to his New Deal programs C. the opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices who would consistently rule congressional actions unconstitutional D. the opportunity to appoint as many as six new justices that would give the Court a majority of justices who would be sympathetic to the United States fighting in Europe
Growing Republican strength in Texas was illustrated by __________
a. Bob Dole almost carrying the state over Bill Clinton in the 1996 presidential election b. the Texas Supreme Court's ruling in 2002 that Democratic candidates would be required to demonstrate electoral viability before having their names printed on ballots c. the Republicans winning their first seats in the state legislature since Reconstruction in the elections of 1998 d. the fact that Democrats fielded candidates for only three of the nine statewide offices on the ballot in 2000
When an opinion does not command the support of some justices in the majority, what might they do?
a. write a concurring opinion b. write a dissenting opinion c. vote against the chief justice d. join the minority