Population statistics characterize the state's growth and ____

Shawn is a student of constitutional history in Texas. Which of the following provisions in the 1876 constitution would he most likely identify as a reaction to the policies of Reconstruction?

a. the reduction in the salaries of legislators b. the reduction in the size of the judicial branch c. the introduction of the balanced budget provision d. the limit set on the legislature to meet only biennially

Which of the following statements about the EU Council is NOT correct? a. It has its own dedicated secretariat, or staff

b. Although there have been summits since the 1970s, the EU Council did not become a formal institution of the EU until the Lisbon Treaty. c. Its president serves a two-and-one-half year term, renewable one time. d. It sets general EU strategy. e. It includes the heads of state and government from the member states and the Commission's president.