In 2016, voters extended special taxes for high-income wage earners. This is an example of ______, which means that California generally relies on economic elites for much of its revenue.

A conceptual framework is

A. not related to theory-building. B. general and intersubjective. C. generally unreliable to the study of comparative politics. D. used to predict political phenomena with near-perfect certainty.

The widespread belief that all cases can be appealed to the Supreme Court is disproved by

a. the fact that the Court grants hearings to only about 75-90 cases per year b. the reality that the justices uses its "rule of four" to choose cases is wishes to hear c. the Court only selects cases which involve a federal question d. All of the above e. None of the above