Author Question: In most states, ________ handle misdemeanors. A. appellate courts B. trial courts of general ... (Read 178 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

In most states, ________ handle misdemeanors.

A. appellate courts
B. trial courts of general jurisdiction
C. minor courts of limited jurisdiction
D. state supreme court
E. federal supreme court

Question 2

What are the strengths and weaknesses of direct legislation? How do they compare with the strengths and weaknesses of a professional legislature?

What will be an ideal response?

blazinlyss · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response would be:
Many states provide citizens with the power to create legislation through the initiative and referendum. The Progressives placed enormous trust in the wisdom of the people, assuming that voters would inform themselves about issues and make responsible decisions on a variety of policy questions put before them.
Legislative professionalism refers to whether the job of a state legislator is interesting and involved enough that members of the legislature treat it as a full-time occupation. Many different indicators of professionalism have been developed, but virtually all of them involve measures of legislative salary sufficiency, staff resource availability, and time demands in terms of the length of legislative sessions.
The movement to encourage full-time professional legislatures however, has not been universally praised. In fact, in recent years, some political scientists and some citizens have contended that we were better off when we had part-time citizen-legislators.