Pre-Assessment WGU American Politics and the US Constitution C963

A voter casts a ballot for a candidate based solely on the candidate's previous vote on a tax cut. Which type of voting decision is demonstrated in this situation? - Retrospective How are elections for the U.S. Senate conducted? - One-third of the Senate seats are up for election every two years How do most states award votes in the Electoral College? - The candidate who wins the popular vote in the state gets all the electoral votes for the state How do presidents use mandates after election? - They use their public support to implement campaign promises How many federal appellate courts exist in the United States? - 13 How many sitting justices are there on the Supreme Court? - 9 In which case did the Supreme Court establish that spending on political campaigns constituted political speech that is protected by the First Amendment? - Buckley v. Valeo In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a person must be opposed to all wars and not just a particular war to claim conscientious objector status? - Gillette v. United States In which case did the Supreme Court rule there is a constitutional right to privacy that protects a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy? - Roe v. Wade In which types of cases would the Supreme Court use the standard of strict scrutiny? - Cases that restrict fundamental rights of protected classes What best explains why individual members of the Senate have more power than individual members of the House of Representatives? - The smaller total number of Senate members compared to the number of representatives What describes dual federalism? - State government and national government have exclusive authority in clearly defined jurisdictions What describes the equal proportions method of congressional apportionment? - Congressional districts are drawn in order to maintain similar numbers of voters in each district What describes the importance of the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison? - It established th