The term stare decisis refers to

Which of the following is not an example of the impact that religious or ethnic groups have on U.S. foreign policy?

a. The Occupy Wall Street movement calls for a redistribution of wealth consistent with evangelical Christian values. b. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) had a role in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2015 speech to a joint session of Congress. c. Ethnic groups linked to the former communist countries in Eastern Europe became actively involved in U.S. foreign policy following the end of the Cold War. d. The Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) has long pushed the U.S. government to isolate Cuba’s communist regime.

To keep the amendment of the Constitution from being too easy an option for a popular majority to accomplish, the Framers did which of the following?

A. They imposed heavy transaction costs on changing the Constitution that required support of Congress and the states. B. They made amending the Constitution the responsibility of state and local governments. C. They reserved approval of constitutional amendments to the Senate. D. They allowed the executive to veto any amendment effort.