US Government and Politics Quiz 7

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US Government and Politics Take-home Quiz #7 (Chapter 9) Due date: Friday, April 10 (Before Exam 3) 1. A follower of judicial restraint would most likely ___D___. (a) encourage interest groups to file cases challenging a new law (b) favor an interpretation of the Constitution that would allow it to evolve with shifting social conditions (c) ignore precedent in making his or her decisions (d) object to the Supreme Court making policy 2. The second most important barrier to equal justice is disparate treatment according to ___B___. (a) gender (b) wealth (c) race (d) age 3. In contrast to common law tradition judges, civil law tradition judges ___A___. (a) take an active role in investigating cases (b) maximize defendants’ procedural protections (c) protect the rights of the accused against the power of the state (d) remain neutral and abandon questioning to both sides’ lawyers 4. Civil courts discriminate against some Americans because ___B___. (a) too few judges in small claims courts are members of ethnic minorities. (b) not everyone has equal financial resources to litigate their cases in those courts (c) law schools engage in racial profiling when accepting students (d) the Constitution does not guarantee the right to representation in civil courts 5. The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is a ___A___. (a) nonprofit organization that supplies resources to groups that serve poor and immigrant clients (b) group that evaluates the qualifications of federal judicial nominees (c) think tank that sponsors studies of the effect of international law on domestic politics (d) for-profit institution that provides management consulting to both state and federal courts 6. In spite of the rancor generated by the Bush v. Gore (2000) decision, the Supreme Court ___B___. (a) is commonly thought of as a partisan institution (b) has the highest approval ratings of any federal institution (c) has the most visibility of any federal political institution (d) is the most well understood of all of the institutions located in Washington 7. An early example of a Supreme Court decision that had immense political impacts would be the one that ___B___. (a) expanded the federal government’s power to implement the New Deal (b) determined that slaves could not be citizens (c) effectively ended the George W. Bush versus Al Gore presidential election (d) struck down the Defense of Marriage Act 8. Unless a case involves a federal issue, the court of last resort for questions involving state constitutional law is the state ___D___.
(a) court of appeals (b) legislature (c) probate court (d) supreme court 9. Given their writings on the social contract, Hobbes and Locke would probably contend that the most important function of laws is to ___D___. (a) create a method of conflict resolution among citizens (b) distribute social benefits to the disadvantaged (c) maintain the prominence of important social values (d) provide security for citizens and their property 10. In the Senate confirmation process of new Supreme Court justices, the largest role in examining the nominee’s qualifications goes to the Senate ___D___. (a) floor debate (b) Rules Committee (c) majority leader (d) Judiciary Committee
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