In a weak mayor system
a. the mayor can veto proposed city ordinances, but the veto can be easily overturned by the council.
b. the mayor shares power with others, like a city clerk or a treasurer.
c. the mayor can only serve one term and so never can build up political power.
d. the mayor is a mere figurehead and has no real power, because the council makes all of the important decisions.
b
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With its ruling in Reno v. ACLU in 1997, the Supreme Court invalidated a federal law passed to protect minors from “indecent” and “patently offensive” communications via the Internet. What was the Court’s rationale in its invalidation of the federal law?
a. The Internet is impossible to police. b. To restrict Internet speech in the United States would also restrict it in other countries. c. In denying minors access to potentially harmful speech, the law suppressed a large amount of speech that adults have a constitutional right to receive. d. The Internet has no standard group or vehicle by which to define “decency,” much less to enforce the standard. e. Control of Internet speech is a role for the state governments, not the federal government.