Senators, on average, sit on more committees than do members of the House

Which of the following is a consequence of decreasing the term of the president to 5 years in 2000?

A. It allows for the National Assembly to remove a sitting president based on a majority vote. B. It guarantees that no single political party can have a majority in the National Assembly. C. It makes the prime minister more politically powerful than the president of France. D. It increases the concentration of power in the hands of the French president. E. It increases the political power of the judicial branch of government.

The authority of a court to try or resolve a civil lawsuit or a felony prosecution being heard for the first time is known as __________

a. appellate jurisdiction b. original jurisdiction c. supreme jurisdiction d. bifurcated jurisdiction