Explain how often Congress reapportions its membership and how such reapportionment can affect the reelection of incumbent members of Congress
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that the census occurs every 10 years.States that have gained significantly in population will be given more House seats; states that have lost substantial population will lose one or more of their seats.
2, Explain that incumbents may lose supporters if the boundaries of their districts change after the census is conducted.
3, Explain that State legislatures must then redraw their states' district lines to the benefit of the majority party of the state legislature, which helps members from the majority party win reelection and hurts members from the minority party.
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a. it punished countries that relied on coal more heavily than those that used natural gas. b. developing nations did not face any short-term limits, while rich nations bore all of the short-term reductions. c. the mandate that all power needed to come from renewable sources would have severely affected the economy of the United States. d. developing countries could plant trees and consider converting to renewable energy while continuing to emit greenhouse gasses.
Barbour and Wright aver that the original intention of the Second Amendment was to ______.
a. counter the potentially troublesome power of standing armies b. permit private individuals to form their own militias c. guarantee individual citizens the right to use weapons for hunting and recreational activities d. stand as a bulwark against the return of British rule e. reduce the potential for domestic insurrection