A senator can attempt to delay or impede a bill's passage by speaking on the floor as long as physically possible, which is called

Why did the Supreme Court rule against the 2011 class action suit alleging sex discrimination against Wal-Mart?

a. The Court ruled that the plaintiffs had not established that their cases were similar enough to proceed as a class. b. The Court did not find sufficient evidence of sex discrimination. c. The Court found that the classification based on sex passed the heightened scrutiny test. d. The Court found that the classification based on sex passed the rational basis test.

Identify a true statement about media in the twentieth century.

A. Following World War II, podcasts became the dominant form of communication. B. Beginning about 1950, the number of adults reading a daily paper began to increase. C. The Internet, including e-mail and the World Wide Web, came into widespread use by the general public in the 1990s. D. From the founding of the United States through the early years of the twentieth century, all media were electronic media. E. Radio and motion pictures declined in importance in the first half of the twentieth century.