As political institutions become more modern, they tend to __________
a. respond less to special interests
b. crumble under labyrinthine bureaucracy
c. become more specialized, complex, and differentiated
d. establish a militaristic nature to better control the population
c
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The Supreme Court case that held that apportionment of both houses of state legislatures has to be based closely on population and the principle of "equal representation for equal numbers of people" was
A) Baker v. Carr. B) Reynolds v. Sims. C) McCulloch v. Maryland. D) Marbury v. Madison. E) Stone v. Weaver.
The organizational concern that emphasizes horizontal and vertical activity is ______.
a. the role of staff b. interagency conflict c. choosing organizational criteria d. interagency coordination
The Texas Supreme Court ruling in the 1998 Operation Rescue-National v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. __________.
A. overturned the state law prohibiting state funds from being used for medically necessary abortions B. defined life as beginning at conception, thereby making abortion subject to criminal prosecution as murder C. upheld restrictions of a lower court on demonstrations near abortion clinics and the homes of doctors who performed abortions D. overturned a series of restrictions (including "informed consent" and parental approval for minors) on abortions enacted by the state legislature
The Supreme Court decision that gave the 2000 election to George Bush hinged on __________
a. provisional ballots in New Mexico b. hand recounts of ballots in Florida c. contested ballots in New York City d. ballots from overseas that were lost in the mail