American Gov exam 2 quizzes

According to Publius in Federalist 62, what are the dangers of frequently changing laws

The laws will not be read

frequent cahnges to the laws advantage the “moneyed few”

The people will lose reverence for the laws

What is the only state with a unicameral legislature?

Nebraksa

How long must you be a citizen before you are eligible to become a U.S. Senator?

9 years

Which amendment changed the selection of senators from appointed by the legislature to direct election by the voters

XVII

Where is Congress defined as consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives?

Article I. Section 1

Publius thinks it is highly unlikely that the U.S. Senate could ever transform itself into an independent aristocratic body.

True

What proportion of the Senate is up for election every 2 years?

1/3

Which of the folowing is NOT an argument Publius makes for a Senate?

effciency

The Constitution specifies the President has the power to remove those who excercise power underneath him.

False

Where there is no common power, there is no law; where no law, no injustice. Force and fraud are in war the 2 cardinal virtuses, justice and injustice are none of the faculities neither of the body, nor mind

Thomas Hobbes

Which amendment made the election of Senators direct?

XVII

Which Supreme Court Case does this quote come from? “ Apply this “intelligible principle” etst to congressional delegations our juriprudence has been driven by partctial understanding that, in our increasingly complex society, replete with ever-changing and more technical problems, Congress simply cannot do its job absent an ability to delegate power under broad general directives”

Mistretta v. United States

Which U.S. President was the first to deliver the state of the Union Address since Thomas Jefferson?

Woodrow Wilson

The course of this progress may doubtless be more or less rapid, but it can never be retrograde.

Condorcet

This is not theory, but fact, and displays its force as fact, whatever theories may be thrown across its track. Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice.

Woodrow Wilson

“Whether it can issue from this Court. The act to establish the judicial courts of the United States authorizes, the Supreme Court “To issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law to any courts appointed or persons holding office under the authority of the United states“

Marbury v. Madison

The legislative cannot transfer the Power of Making Laws to any other hands.

John Locke