TEST SHORT ANSWERS

Question 1

4 steps to make policy?

Answer 1

1. make agenda
2. make policy
3. implement policy
4. tweak or keep policy

Question 2

policymakers / who makes policies?

Answer 2

congress, president, supreme court, interest groups, media

Question 3

civil law

Answer 3

1) plaintiff sues you - defendant is being sued
2) lawsuits
3) who has the most evidence

Question 4

criminal

Answer 4

1) prosecutor - defendant
2) has to be 100% no doubt guilty

Question 5

strict vs broad interp constitution

Answer 5

strict is straight from the constitution
broad is their interpretation of it
(judicial restraint and judicial activism)

Question 6

Tinker V Des Moines 1969

Answer 6

freedom of speech in school

Question 7

brown v BOE

Answer 7

segregation in schools

Question 8

Roe V Wade 1973

Answer 8

abortion

Question 9

Engel V Vitale

Answer 9

prayer in school

Question 10

Affordable Care Act

Answer 10

obamacare being constitutional