The experience with 527 organizations in the 2004 elections suggests that campaign finance laws
A) are an effective way to minimize interest group participation.
B) are an effective way to reduce campaign spending.
C) facilitate coordination of efforts between candidates and groups.
D) are not likely to take money out of politics.
E) have restricted speech considerably.
D
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In his first term, several of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal reforms were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as an overreach of federal powers. What was the response of President Roosevelt to these Court rulings?
a. The Roosevelt administration’s New Deal reforms were implemented anyway and the Supreme Court failed to enforce its ruling. b. President Roosevelt proposed a “court-packing plan” that would increase the number of justices and allow him to appoint them. c. The Roosevelt administration complied with the Court’s federal authority based on the Supremacy Clause of Article VI. d. The Roosevelt administration appealed the ruling to the international courts. e. The Roosevelt administration took the cases into each of the state supreme courts.
Supreme Court cases, such as United States v. Lopez (1995), require legislation passed by Congress to show a clear connection to
a. the privileges and immunities clause. b. interstate commerce. c. due process. d. full faith and credit. e. coercive conditions.