Which of the following can be concluded from the chart "Midterm Gains and Losses"?
a. Midterm elections have generally meant a shift away from the president's party.
b. Republican presidents have always gained support in midterm elections.
c. Democrat presidents have always gained support in midterm elections.
d. Jimmy Carter experienced the greatest shift in support in midterm elections.
e. John F. Kennedy experienced the greatest shift in support in midterm elections.
a
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During the late nineteenth century, the equal protection clause was
a. severely limited in scope by the Supreme Court. b. more strongly defended by individual states than by the federal government. c. not implemented because of a lack of tax revenue. d. ruled unconstitutional.
Which of the following processes marks a distinction between the judicial decision making process and that in other branches of government?
A. Judges must appear to permit political considerations to affect their decisions. B. Judges must be subjective in decision making. C. Judges must not appear to permit political considerations in decision making. D. Judges must listen to lobbyists hired by interest groups to pressure them.