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- Interest groups are always liabilities to the political systemtruefalse
- Which of these Supreme Court decisions overturned Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896?Memphis Firefighters v. StottsMurbury v. MadisonUS v. NixonBrown v. Board of Ednone of the above
- Bicameral legislatures are much cheaper to run than unicameral legislaturestruefalse
- Which country has one political party?USAUKCubaCanada
- When an interest group intervenes on behalf of one side in a court case as a "friend of the court" we call thatAmerican contractAmicus curiaepolitical discourseinterest articulation
- This body is responsible for the interpretation of the law as well as its enforcementlegislativeexecutivejudicialnone of the above
- Typically, interest groupspick a party to supportavoid the general publicseek members from churchesseek influence in all political parties
- Canada, UK, Australia, and South Africa all have a one party systemtwo party systemdominant party systemmulti party systemcatch all party system
- The following are sources of funding for political parties exceptPACsinterest from investmentsdonationsduesnone of the above
- The NOW grew out of theChristian crusadeIslamic jihadspace agefeminist movement
- This group recruits and trains political leadsinterest groupsjudiciarypolitical partieslegislaturesexecutives
- Green peace, sierra club, and earth first are all a part of the __________ movementcivil rightscounter cultureVietnam eraenvironmentalist
- Interest groups try to win elections so that they can influence public policytrue false
- Typically, membership in an interest group isjust like political party membershipnarrower than political party membershipbroader than political party membershipall of the above
- Which of the following is not a means by which interest groups acquire funds?fund raisinginvestmentsmembership duescontributions from PACs
- Political parties are funded bybribesPACsdonationsmembership duesb, c, d
- A political party system that appeals to people of all walks of ideology to belong to it is a one party systemtwo party systemdominant party systemmulti party systemcatch all party system
- Interest groups are sometimes a liability becausethey engage in lobbyingthe fight for their own narrow interestthey are not well informed about issuesthey engage in propaganda to educate the masses about their causeall of the above
- The US has a __________ legislatureunicameral bicameralconventionalnone of the above
- Judicial review is the power courts have in determining if a law is constitutionaladvising a governor about governanceeliminating corruptionsentencing criminals