Based on Downs's issue-attention cycle, what is one reason that policy issues fade from public attention?
a. The problem has no known solution.
b. Congress blocks action on the policy proposal.
c. People realize that solving the problem will be costly.
d. The policy is enacted, and people believe that nothing more can be done.
c
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Those who argued early for the importance of freedom of expression were influenced by which of the following laws?
a. the Anarchy Act b. the Alien and Sedition Acts c. the American Patriot Act d. the Espionage Act
Barbour and Wright characterize the range of ideological debate in the United States as ______.
A. unchanging since the time of the American Revolution B. wide, but shrinking as libertarians begin to fade from American politics C. relatively narrow compared to many other democracies D. narrower today than during the Cold War
1 One of the ways in which courts differ from other branches of government is that courts:
a. have the ability to set their own agenda b. can refuse to act c. are passive d. are very responsive to public opinion
If Court justices have become more willing to monitor the activities of other governmental entities, they likely believe in exercising which of the following?
a. judicial restraint b. judicial conservatism c. judicial originalism d. judicial review