A writ of certiorari is ______.

a. a brief filed by interested parties to encourage the court to make a certain decision
b. a petition by the losing side in a lower court for the Supreme Court to hear an appeal
c. an order that a defendant be brought into court to hear the charges against him or her
d. an order by the Supreme Court to a lower court to rehear a case


b. a petition by the losing side in a lower court for the Supreme Court to hear an appeal

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Researchers do NOT usually have the opportunity to select their own samples in

A) Experimental research. B) Correlational research. C) Case-study and naturalistic research. D) Differential research.

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Congressional decision makers need which of the following two related types of information before they can implement policy?

a. technical information and political information b. information provided by lobbyists and information provided by other branches of government c. information provided by journalists and information provided by state governments d. substantive legal information and procedural legal information

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The ______________ is the basis for the FCC's regulation of the political content of radio

a. scarcity doctrine b. First Amendment c. equal protection clause d. fairness doctrine e. reciprocity doctrine

Political Science

Explain why education can be defined both morally and politically?

What will be an ideal response?

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