Identify the four things that affect what is on the political agenda, according to the text.
What will be an ideal response?
? Shared political values? The weight of custom and tradition? The impact of events such as wars, terrorist attacks, and severe or sustained economic downturns that alters our sense of the proper role of government? The way political elites think and talk about politics
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Mitchell J. Landrieu asserts New Orleans as an important starting place for the future removal of Confederate monuments in the United States. What reasoning does he use to make this point?
A. New Orleans’ role as a major city in the state with the most Confederate monuments in the country marks the removals as the beginning of a crucial but difficult endeavor. B. The contrast between the city’s current diversity and its significant history of slave trading marks the removals as profound alterations to public representations of history. C. The important battles that were fought in the city during the Civil War parallel the removals with the war’s ideological struggles. D. The city’s troubled civil rights history gives the removals significance as continuations of the struggles of civil rights leaders.
?In order to pass strict scrutiny, a law must do all of the following EXCEPT
A. ?be justified by a compelling government interest. B. ?be narrowly tailored to meet a government interest. C. ?be rationally related to a government interest. D. ?be the least restrictive means to accomplish the goal. E. ?None of these choices is true.
Absolute poverty can be defined as:
A. 50 percent of the median family income. B. the minimum subsistence income needed to survive without deprivation. C. three times the amount of money spent on necessities. D. one-third of the median family income.
What does the expression "That dog won't hunt" mean in Texas politics?
A) An individual lacks a credible proposal or argument B) A lack of faith in a person's convictions C) An individual's lack of political power D) That something is a "non-issue" E) Disappointment in the ethical behavior of a politician