Review the ways that members of the public can influence policy making.
What will be an ideal response?
The public can vote, join interest groups, participate in public-opinion polls, contact elected officials, become educated and informed.
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Coming after the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment
a. specifically prohibited the ability of states to nullify federal laws. b. made it possible for states to secede without approval of the Congress. c. extended citizenship to all persons born in the United States. d. placed all voting laws and regulations under the control of Congress. e. abolished slavery.
By bringing unconsidered issues to Congress’s table and making them salient, members of Congress are, according to political scientist Jane Mansbridge, acting as ______.
a. delegated constituencies b. surrogate representatives c. congressional essentialists d. representative analysts