The phase of the presidential election process in which the political parties select candidates to run against other party candidates is called the ______________.
A) nomination phase
B) general election
C) interview process
D) categorizing procedure
E) indoctrination phase
Q. 2Which of the following refers to a court order to present a person and show the legal cause for confining the individual?
A) writ of certiorari.
B) stare decisis.
C) writ of habeas corpus.
D) amicus curiae.
Q. 3What does the U.S. Constitution say about the choosing of candidates or the process by which individuals become candidates for president?
A) The constitution restricts the number of political parties that can be active in an election.
B) The constitution requires that an individual file as a candidate for president at least two years before the election.
C) Beyond eligibility requirements, the constitution says nothing about the process by which individuals become candidates.
D) The constitution sets high filing fees for the office of president in order to keep the field of candidates at a moderate level.
E) The constitution requires that political parties hold their presidential primary elections in the same year as the general election.
Q. 4Which of the following is NOT a guaranteed additional right granted by the current Texas Constitution?
A) It prohibits discrimination based on sex.
B) It prohibits the garnishment of wages for any reason.
C) It forbids imprisonment for debt.
D) It guarantees victims rights.
Q. 5When protesters are engaged in illegal but nonviolent activities, it is referred to as __________.
A) nonviolent civil disobedience
B) lobbying
C) electioneering
D) passive obedience
E) revolution
Q. 6Law passed by legislatures and written into code books is
A) constitutional law.
B) parliamentary law.
C) statutory law.
D) common law.
Q. 7Legal protests are protected by which of the following?
A) Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms
B) Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
C) First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and petition government for a redress of grievances
D) Fifth Amendment eminent domain protection
E) Eight Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment
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