The purpose of a filibuster is to
A. ensure that all sides of an issue are heard.
B. delay action in a legislative body.
C. protect majority rule.
D. shift legislative power to Senate committees.
E. magnify the impact of specific special interests.
Answer: B
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A. the guilty could not be released due to a technicality B. illegally obtained evidence was admissible if it would have been discovered legally eventually C. searches carried out in good faith were admissible even if the warrant was later found to be technically illegal D. evidence staged by the police was admissable even if discovered later
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A) required that all communist "front" organizations register with the United States attorney general. B) made it a crime to advocate the overthrow of the United States government by force. C) made it a crime to write anything "malicious" about the government of John Adams. D) all of the above. E) made in a felony to believe in any doctrine associated with a foreign government.
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a. liberal end b. conservative end c. center d. None of the above: the chief justice votes on cases only to break ties.
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A. civil society B. culture C. the environment D. civil war and conflict