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PLS 320: Judicial Process Quiz 11

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According to the data presented in class, the Supreme Court most commonly overturns/invalidates __________ and, in general, the amount of judicial activism has __________ across time.
A. Acts of Congress, increased
B. Acts of Congress, decreased
C. State laws, increased
D. State laws, decreased
E. None of the above
C. State laws, increased
According to the Benesh and Martinek chapter in New Directions in Judicial Politics, __________ is the strongest mechanism for compliance.
A. Fear of reversal
B. Legitimacy
C. Supreme Court monitoring lower courts
D. Progressive ambition
E. Ideology
B. Legitimacy
If both the Court and other branches are behaving "dynamically," then the result is __________. If both are acting "statically," then the result is __________.
A. Activism, activism
B. Restraint, restraint
C. Activism, restraint
D. Restrain, activism
B. Restraint, restraint
In the case of Bob White, what condition was the Court missing to have a more significant impact?
A. Unanimous decision
B. Unambiguous opinion
C. Knowledge of decision wide-spread
D. Decision seen as legitimate
E. Decision enforceable and was being enforced
D. Decision seen as legitimate
Judicial policy making became particularly noticeable following which landmark decision?
A. Marbury v. Madison
B. Mapp v. Ohio
C. Brown v. Board of Education
D. White v. Texas
E. Plessey v. Ferguson
C. Brown v. Board of Education
Chief Justice Earl Warren made it a point to have a unanimous decision in the Brown v. Board of education case because:
A. He did not want to fuel the opposition with dissenting opinions
B. United court speaks more loudly than a splintered Court
C. The high salience of the case
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
According to Sander's chapter in New Directions in Judicial Politics, the first case on university preferences, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke had what type of an impact on the use of racial preferences in higher education?
A. Unparalleled impact, never to be matched again
B. Significant impact
C. Substantively no change occurred
D. Impact in the opposite direction the Court intended
C. Substantively no change occurred
The power of the purse and the sword refers to which of the following conditions required for the Court to have impact?
A. United Court
B. Unambiguous opinion
C. Widespread knowledge of Court decision
D. Legitimate decision
E. Enforceable decision
E. Enforceable decision
If the Court is interested in making an impact on public policy in a controversial issue area, then how should it proceed to maximize the chances of success?
A. One monumental decision so all changes can be implemented at once
B. One monumental decision because it is easier for the public to understand
C. Multiple decisions on an issue (baby steps) so the public is more willing to comply
D. Multiple decisions on an issue (baby steps) so the Court can write very clear and specific decisions
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According to the Benesh and Martinek chapter in New Directions in Judicial Politics, lower courts can defy a Supreme Court decision by:
A. Interpreting the decision narrowly
B. Citing their own opinions
C. Ignoring the precedent
D. Disposing of related cases on procedural grounds
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
If the Court is showing dynamic behavior by striking down laws passed by Congress, then the Court is being ______.
A. Activist
B. Restraintist
C. It depends if the other branch of government is showing activism or restraint
C. It depends if the other branch of government is showing activism or restraint
According to the Sander chapter in New Directions in Judicial Politics, the main problem with the implementation of the Court's decisions on Grutter and Gratz was:
A. The decision was unanimous
B. The opinion was ambiguous
C. Knowledge of decision was not wide-spread
D. The decision was not seen as legitimate
E. None of the above
B. The opinion was ambiguous
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