Which of the following is true about term limits for elected officials and legislators?
A) States may limit the terms of their state legislators and other elected officials.
B) The Supreme Court ruled in 1995 that states could not pass laws limiting the terms of members of Congress.
C) Only a constitutional amendment can impose congressional term limits.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.
Question -2-The main beneficiaries of court decisions that led to the reapportionment revolution were people who lived in
A) rural areas.
B) cities.
C) suburbs.
D) small towns.
E) hamlets.
Question -3-The Supreme Court case that held that apportionment of both houses of state legislatures has to be based closely on population and the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people was
A) Baker v. Carr.
B) Reynolds v. Sims.
C) McCulloch v. Maryland.
D) Marbury v. Madison.
E) Stone v. Weaver.
Question -4-The Supreme Court in the case of Reynolds v. Sims held that
A) the voters of Tennessee did have the right to challenge unequal representation in the state's legislature.
B) the voters of Tennessee did not have the right to challenge unequal representation in the state's legislature because it was a political question that could be resolved only by Congress.
C) the apportionment of the lower house in the state legislatures, but not the upper house, must be based closely on population and the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people.
D) the apportionment of both houses of state legislature must be based closely on population and the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people.
E) apportionment is a political question and should not be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
Question -5-The Supreme Court case that held that the voters of Tennessee had the right to challenge unequal representation in the state's legislature was
A) Baker v. Carr.
B) Reynolds v. Sims.
C) McCulloch v. Maryland.
D) Marbury v. Madison.
E) Roe v. Wade.
Question -6-The Supreme Court case of Baker v. Carr held that
A) the apportionment of both houses of state legislatures must be based closely on population and the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people.
B) the voters of Tennessee did have the right to challenge unequal representation in the state's legislature.
C) the voters of Tennessee did not have the right to challenge unequal representation in the state's legislature because that was a political question that had to be decided in Congress.
D) the apportionment of the lower house in the state legislatures, but not the upper house, must be based closely on population and the principle of equal representation for equal numbers of people.
E) none of the above.
Question -7-A state legislator tends to
A) come from a higher-than-average social and economic background.
B) have a legal background.
C) be a male.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.
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