Which of the following was not identified as a psychological or skill barrier to poor peoples' participation in the political process?

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Hill resigned from the court in 1988 to advocate for a merit selection plan that would __________

a. establish standardized application procedures for individuals applying to serve as justices on the court b. allow the governor to appoint justices to the court who would then have to run in retention elections to keep their seats c. give the Texas Bar Association the power to approve or disapprove justices elected by the people d. provide the judiciary committees in the two chambers of the legislature the authority to select justices

Which of the following accurately describes why, when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed, the organization chose to use the court pathway instead of other pathways to advance its goals?

a. Lack of responsiveness from elected officials and clear evidence of racial discrimination led the organization to use the pathway of action that was open to it. b. Hostility toward African Americans had subsided, so the organization saw the opportunity to move forward in the courts with greater acceptance on the part of both judges and the public.— c. Most law schools had opened admissions to African Americans, so with the growing number of black lawyers, the court pathway seemed to be a natural course. d. The separate-but-equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson had been overturned, which allowed for the entry of African Americans into the political and legal arenas.