Which theory holds that gov't gives in to many interest groups, thereby producing muddled and confused public policy?
What will be an ideal response?
hyperpluralism
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Public policy is
A) a course of action that is shaped by government officials. B) the response of the rest of society to the decisions made by the authorities in a political system. C) what people and groups want from the political system. D) the attitudes and actions of people that sustain and buttress the political system. E) seldom important.
With the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, it seemed like African Americans would finally obtain certain fundamental rights, such as the right to vote and equal protection under the law. What strategies did white southerners (and some northerners) use to continue to deny African Americans these rights? How were these rights ultimately achieved?
What will be an ideal response?
Why did the arrest of Gregory Lee Johnson violate the First Amendment while the arrest of fifty Austin antiwar protesters did not violate the First Amendment?
a. The antiwar protesters were violent; Johnson was not. b. Johnson did not have a microphone, but the antiwar protesters did. c. Johnson did not interfere with the rights of other people, whereas the protesters disrupted the lives of others. d. Austin police officers are better-trained than Dallas police officers. e. There was no difference in the actions; the Supreme Court was arbitrary in its decision.
In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled the state must __________
a. illegalize same-sex marriage b. repeal sodomy laws c. eliminate the rights of same-sex civil unions d. equalize rights for civil unions