The ability of courts to decide if laws are constitutional is referred to as __________
A) judicial review
B) judicial activism
C) judicial restraint
D) basic law
A
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The general election campaign period begins a. when the first candidate announces his or her intent to run for president and runs through election day. b. with the start of the primary season and runs through election day
c. after the party nominating conventions and runs through election day. d. when a candidate starts fundraising and runs through election day.
Which of the following statements would best reflect the views of German Philosopher Hegel?
A) Sometimes elections are impossible to predict. B) Politicians behave in an irrational manner. C) Political Science can be useful in explaining why people vote a certain way. D) Predicting political outcomes is usually random.
How did Congress retaliate to the Supreme Court's reprimand, in Marbury v. Madison, that it had passed legislation that exceeded its constitutional authority?
A. It completely disregarded the Court's ruling. B. It forced the Court to accept the power to issue writs of mandamus. C. It voted to impeach the chief justice. D. It passed legislation to reduce the power of judicial review. E. Congress had no effective way to retaliate.
Crime statistics since 2014 reveal that the overall crime rates appear to have decreased among minority youth and increased among _________.
A. teenage mothers B. middle-age whites C. elderly white women D. elderly black men