What is the main purpose of the State Council?

What is the main purpose of the State Council?
 
  a. To settle disputes between France's central and subnational governments
  b. To supervise the actions of the French executive
  c. To mediate disputes between French public employees and the French government
  d. To forward names to the president and the legislature for open judicial positions including those on the Constitutional Council
  e. To advise the French president on national security matters

 Q. 2

In 1910, about sixty percent of California's population was
 
  a. rural.
  b. suburban.
  c. urban.
  d. urban and suburban.

 Q. 3

Members of the Constitutional Council
 
  a. are appointed for life.
  b. have always been lower court justices prior to their appointment.
  c. continue to play only a marginal role when compared to the legislature and executive.
  d. are typically male.
  e. perform the role of proactive judicial review in that they review bills before they are voted upon in the National Assembly.

 Q. 4

California's Progressives were white and
 
  a. lower class.
  b. upper class.
  c. middle class.
  d. working class.

 Q. 5

Which of the following statements is TRUE about judicial review in France?
 
  a. The power of judicial review is limited to the State Council.
  b. The power of judicial review in France rests with the Senate.
  c. Within the French judicial system, the Constitutional Council has the exclusive power of judicial review, meaning that it alone can rule on the legality of a law.
  d. The Constitutional Council only has one month to review a law for its constitutionality after that law is passed.
  e. A constitutional amendment has ceded the power of judicial review to the European Court of Justice.

 Q. 6

At-large-elections encourage local candidates to support
 
  a. narrow, district-based views.
   b. democratic views.
  c. main, urban perspectives.
  d. broader, citywide views.

 Q. 7

Why are the grand corps so powerful?
 
  a. The Constitution delegates them important policy-making powers.
  b. They can veto the government's policy proposals.
  c. They control the nominating process for the president.
  d. They fill top executive positions in the private sector and often go on to elected positions in the National Assembly and even the presidency.
  e. They control funding to all French universities.