The practice known as senatorial courtesy
a. requires the Senate to confirm the president’s appointments to the district courts.
b. allows senators of the president’s political party who object to a candidate whom the president wishes to appoint to a district judgeship in their home state to have a virtual veto over the nomination.
c. requires the president to use the blue slip procedure when asking a senator to recommend judges for the federal bench.
d. allows the Senate an opportunity to override a presidential veto of a Supreme Court appointment.
b. allows senators of the president’s political party who object to a candidate whom the president wishes to appoint to a district judgeship in their home state to have a virtual veto over the nomination.
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a. volunteering for a reelection campaign b. writing a letter to a member of Congress c. voting in an election d. filing a lawsuit
Which of the following countries has a unitary government?
a. Australia b. Canada c. United States d. France
When economic interest groups spend in favor of their own initiatives, they
a. are mostly successful in getting their measures passed. b. usually lose. c. have a greater advantage over broad-based citizen groups. d. tend to win, even if voters show clear opposition for their measures.
Which of the following treaties elaborates a variety of “positive” human rights?
a. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment b. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. c. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. d. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.