Democracy is the ___________ form of government by ___________

What event gave Senate Democrats the ability to block President Bush’s attempt to pack federal courts with more ideological conservative justices?

a. Several Republicans changed their party affiliation to become Democrats. b. One senator left the Republican Party to become an independent and chose to caucus with the Democrats. c. Bush tried to use senatorial courtesy to select judicial candidates, but the Democrats refused to cooperate. d. No party had a majority; therefore, they were in a stalemate for an entire session. e. The Democrats were masters of parliamentary procedure and used it to block all presidential nominations from even reaching the judicial committee.

San Antonio wants to expand and add new territory to the city and broaden its tax base by doing what, with regard to an upscale subdivision that borders the city?

A. annexing it B. incorporating it C. invoking extraterritorial jurisdiction upon it D. declaring eminent domain over it