Who did Progressives believe were best positioned to do government work without trampling individual rights?
a. members of the U.S. Senate
b. members of the U.S. House of Representatives
c. the filibusters
d. administrators
d. administrators
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Which of the following is a main task of Supreme Court law clerks?
a. granting or denying appeals b. screening writs of certiorari c. hearing oral arguments d. summarizing legal arguments in written briefs
In a study comparing two nonequivalent groups, a selection-history confound occurs when
a. some event intervenes between pretest and posttest and affects just one of the groups. b. some event intervenes between pretest and posttest and affects both selected groups equally. c. selection influences one of the groups and history influences the other. d. some historical event causes a failure of the random assignment procedure.
Though the Supreme Court often lacks enforcement power for its decisions, it has historically issued a number of very influential and powerful rulings. One such ruling was Brown v. Board of Education (1954). What was the effect of this ruling?
a. All slaves born within the borders of the United States were free. b. The southern states in the confederacy during the Civil War did not have the legal standing or authority to withdraw from the Union. c. All children received the right to a free education. d. Compulsory education was considered unconstitutional. e. Segregated schools violated the equal protection clause, and therefore public schools must be desegregated “with all deliberate speed.”
_____ often back(s) right-wing totalitarianism governments.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).