Exam 13: Issues in Public Policy: Politics, Principles, Priorities, and Practices

The Supreme Court has ruled that public figures can only receive compensation from press criticism where there is proof of what?

After defense spending cuts in the 1990s under Presidents H. W. Bush and Clinton, the general direction of defense spending in the United States has been in what direction?

Over time, the percentage of government revenues that come from corporate taxes have generally done which of the following?

Describe some of the ways that the state protects citizens from themselves. How do these protections, such as seat belt laws, fit into modern American ideologies? How do liberals, conservatives, moderates, and libertarians feel about these issues?

What is meant by the term "sustainable growth"?

Which country spends the most, roughly 50 percent of the global total, on national security?

Consider freedom of speech. How broad is this right? Is the right to free speech limited in some ways? If so, how?

Since the 1980s, what government program has been the fastest growing?

Both Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle would have agreed that one of the fundamental, if not the primary, purposes of government and politics was the protection of what?

What was the result of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)and No Child Left Behind Act (2001)?

What has happened to the distribution of wealth in the United States since 1980?

Which of the following would best describe taxes on corporations in the United States?

How do rates of gun ownership in the United States compare with other post-industrial countries in the world, such as the United Kingdom and Germany?

How is the United States different from all other post-industrial countries in terms of health care?

Why are entitlements generally more difficult for the government to change than other types of benefits? What issues might be created due to this difficulty?

While the rulings are complex, the Supreme Court has generally found what to violate the First Amendment?

Why is the exclusionary rule essential to preventing police misconduct?

The case of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)expanded civil rights to what group?

Compare the rates of gun ownership in the United States with other post-industrialized countries. How different are they? What factors might account for this fact? What are the measurable differences in the social impact of the differing ownership rates?

Describe the main reasons for the rapid growth in Social Security spending since the 1980s. Please be specific.