The French system gives the president power, without needing the consent of either the Government or the Parliament to perform a variety of important tasks

Why are polls that exhibit clear majority opinions on the issues sometimes problematic?

a. because they may call the virtues of polling into question b. because they may weaken the influence of true public opinion c. because they may strengthen the influence of true public opinion d. because they may silence members of the public who hold minority views

The case in which the Supreme Court, in 1973, refused to equate inequities in property values and the resultant difference in educational expenditures with a violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment was

A. Serrano v. Priest B. San Antonio I.S.D. v. Rodriguez C. Brown v. Board of Education D. Plessy v. Ferguson