What is the primary purpose of political parties?
a. Contesting elections and forming governments afterward
b. Rallying popular opinion around ideological platforms
c. Getting information to television news outlets
d. Converting new members to particular religious doctrines
e. Eliminating other political parties from the political system
a
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Marshall’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison is a testament to his strategic political skills for which of the following reasons?
a. it gave Marshall’s political principal, Marbury, virtually everything he sought. b. Marshall actually had another justice write the opinion and Marshall dissented, thus avoiding blame for the controversy. c. it led to Marshall ultimately being chosen as Jefferson’s Vice President in his second term. d. it did not command the other political actors to do anything to affirm the Court’s authority.