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Stack #40415
Thomas College Madore US Gov II Fourth Test ID Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lodge Gossett Plan | Keep electoral votes/college, if a presidential candidate wins 1/3 of the popular vote will get 1/3 of electoral vote |
| District Plan | Keep electoral votes/college, if a pres. candidate wins a congressional electoral district, the candidate will get 1 electoral vote for that district |
| Advantages to Broker Rule Gov't | Minorities are protected, diversity is secure, extremists are tamed, permits a dynamic flexable system |
| Critcism of Broker Rule Gov't | not truly representative of the interest of the groups because of too much give and take and compromise, ignores many who are not organized into groups, too much compromise which therefor sacrifices solutions to tough problems, political partieswishywashy |
| Coroners Jury | determine cause of death, determine if crime was committed, in almost all states |
| Structure of State Constitutions | Preamble, Bill of Rights, Outline of the structure of the go'v and the functions of each branch of gov't, amendments |
| Pros to Jury Trials | Citizens who serve as jurors can make good decisions, gives the citizen a chance to know the process, most citizens are not easily swayed and are not vindictive |
| Cons to Jury Trials | Decisions of judges would better, takes longer, more expensive, jurors may be swayed or be vindictive |
| Pros to Grand Jury | Is an investigation, needs secracy, need an investigation, very effective in screening when bringing law violators, |
| Cons to Grand Jury | Too secrative, maybe invovled in witch hunt, assume person is guilty, person could be condemned before trial, |
| Attorney General | Chief prosecuting officer of the state, gives advice to Governor and other officials, represents state in legal matter, oppinion carries full force of law |
| Secretary of State | Keeper of state's records, keeper of state seal, issues all kinds of licenses, supervises all elections |
| Treasurer | Custodians of state monies, collects all taxes, pays state bills on orders of the comptroller, negotiates to get bonds for states |
| Comptroller | Authorizes payments of bills by law, |
| Characteristic of State Court Branch | Independent of the federal court system, not a subpordinate to the federal court, 9/10 of all legal disputes are handled by state courts |
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