Explain why federal judges are appointed for a life term
Answer:
An ideal response will:
1. Discuss the Framers' concern that an elected judiciary would be partisan and beholden to the will of the electorate.
2. Explain how a life term enables judges to decide cases based on their merits without concern for the popularity of the decision.
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The controversy that led to the Civil War was
A. the dispute over states' rights and national supremacy. B. interstate commerce. C. the application of the Bill of Rights to the states. D. taxation. E. the admission of Texas into the union.
"Multipolarity" refers to what type of international system?
a. a situation in which two countries have far more power than any other state in the system, including their own allies. b.a situation in which there are three or more states of considerable power and ability to affect international outcomes for all others. c. one state in the international system has much more power than all others in the system, thus making the rules for the international community. d. a system in which power in the international system is regionally based.
A group of people who posses a collective identity that is a product of multiple factors is called a(n)
A) commune. B) country. C) nation. D) norm. E) state.
“That government is best which governs least” illustrates a ______ view of government's role.
A. monarchist B. constitutional C. federalist D. classical liberal