What purpose does a discharge petition serve?
a. to force a bill that has been before a committee for at least 30 days out of committee to the floor of the House for consideration
b. to force the Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion on a piece of pending legislation
c. to force the end of a filibuster in the Senate
d. to force the executive branch to release sensitive documents as part of congressional oversight
a
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Which of the following statements about public opinion would the founders be more likely to agree with?
a. It is better for leaders to minimize the impact of public opinion and to allow citizens to influence policymakers through elections. b. It is better for leaders to allow citizens to influence policymakers than to maximize the impact of public opinion. c. Too little trust in the preferences of the people diminishes the effectiveness of government. d. Government should respond to public opinion, not shape it.
In a caucus, the number of delegates per precinct depends upon
A) the number of registered voters in the precinct. B) the voter turnout in previous elections. C) voter turnout in the current election. D) the population of a precinct. E) All of the above
The corporate nature of the American media has caused ______.
a. most newspapers to increase coverage of business news b. advertisers to dictate the content of the news c. newspapers to become remarkably similar d. newspapers to become more expensive e. newspapers to become more serious in their coverage
__________ argued many of the key civil rights cases before the Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and then later went on to become a justice of the Supreme Court
a. Martin Luther King Jr. b. Earl Warren – c. Thurgood Marshall d. Robert Kennedy