Govt final

Which of the following gives members of Congress a certain amount of independence from their party leaders?

Incumbents largely win election through their own efforts

Why did the trump and Biden campaigns spend millions of dollars to amass huge voter lists

To raise funds for later

Although "independents" are idealized in high school civics classes, their lack of partisanship makes it less likely that they have

Political interest

Which of the following is not historical evidence of the trend toward greater federal government power?

Progressivism

Which of the following demonstrate ways in which political science provides knowledge and analytical tools that can increase citizen's ability to think?

Provide reliable information about how the United States political system operates. Correct Answer Provide terms and concepts that highlight key aspects of politics.

TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. - The Federalist No51, 1788 The main argument in the Federalist Papers was —

A strong federal government inherently protects its citizens.

Congress has the constitutional power to control the judicial branch by

Altering the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

A photo identification requirement imposes some burdens on voters that other methods of identification do not share. For example, a voter may lose his photo identification, may have his wallet stolen on the way to the polls, or may not resemble the photo in the identification because he recently grew a beard. Burdens of that sort arising from life's vagaries, however, are neither so serious nor so frequent as to raise any question about the constitutionality of SEA 483 [the Indiana law requiring photo IDs]; the availability of the right to cast a provisional ballot provides an adequate remedy for problems of that character. Justice John Paul Stevens, Majority Opinion, Crawford v. Marion County Elections Board, 2008 Which of the following statements best summarizes the Supreme Court's opinion?

As long as a citizen can cast a temporary vote to be checked later, the citizen need not prove his or her identity on election day.

Why does the president also occupy a role as chief legislator

Bills may originate with the House of Representatives, the Senate, or the president's legislative office.

Appeals courts

Do not hear witnesses or examine additional evidence before reaching their decisions

The oversight responsibility of congress is

Empowered by control of yearly budgets

Which of the following is/are vital to large campaigns' ability to generate funding?

Large contact lists

Appointments to the federal Judiciary are often contentious for which of the following reasons?

Life terms for federal judges mean that presidential appointments will continue to have influence long after the president's term is over.

The founding fathers were very concerned about distributing the powers of government among many people because they —

Mistrusted the abilities of the people

Which of the following statements best describes the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?

The Court ruled that the necessary and proper clause allows the national government to create banks, strengthening national power.

Which of the following is true of the president's veto power?

The veto is as much a sign of presidential weakness as of strength, because it arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas.

In initiating broad legislative proposals, the president enjoys all of the following advantages over Congress EXCEPT

being granted more authority by the Constitution in the area of lawmaking.

A Supreme Court opinion written when the majority of the justices agree on the legal reasoning for the decision is a(n)

majority opinion.

The idea of the living constitution means that

the judiciary can shape the interpretation of the Constitution in line with contemporary problems and values.