What has resulted from every major effort to revise or replace the Texas Constitution since 1876?
a. substantial reduction of the number of articles in the Texas Constitution
b. more flexibility in lawmakers' ability to interpret laws and provisions written in the Texas Constitution
c. a collapsing of the more redundant or repetitive amendments in the Texas Constitution into fewer, more encompassing amendments
d. a reduction of the state governor's tenure from an elected four-year term to a two-year term
e. none of these
e
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a. reasonable scrutiny b. strict scrutiny c. heightened scrutiny d. relative scrutiny e. None of the Above
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The incidents at Ferguson, Missouri are evidence that social media plays only a small role in transmitting and collecting political information, attitudes and ideologies today. 2. One of the least effective predictors of public opinion is an individual’s identification with a political party. 3. How we define ourselves in terms of race, gender, or ethnicity can form clear, consistent, and persistent patterns of similarity and division in American public opinion. 4. Studies have demonstrated that the phenomenon of partisan polarization has NOT been observed in American politics. 5. Studies have demonstrated that the phenomenon of partisan polarization has NOT been observed in American politics.
Which of the following is a characteristic of a bureaucracy that is hierarchical in nature?
a. There is no chain of command. b. It has an inverted pyramid-shaped structure. c. Employees report directly to the agency head. d. Employees report to the person who is at the immediate next highest level.
What has to happen in Congress in order for the president to be impeached and removed from office?
a. The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Supreme Court must convict with a two-thirds vote. b. The Senate must impeach the president by a simple majority; the House must convict with a two-thirds vote. c. The House must impeach the president by a simple majority; the Senate must convict with a two-thirds majority. d. The Supreme Court must impeach the president with a simple majority; the chief justice presides over a Senate trial that must convict with a two-thirds majority.