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Not sure I agree with your assessment of the questions asked. Question 3 is related to if the governor should rule by executive order if the opposing party doe
by mdorazio 6y ago
Not sure I agree with your assessment of the questions asked. Question 3 is related to if the governor should rule by executive order if the opposing party doesn't cooperate. This is pretty much exactly what you're saying in your second sentence, just with executive orders instead of courts (bypassing the normal law process vs. monopolizing it). Question 4 is then about ignoring unfavorable court rulings, which again is pretty close to the undemocratic things you're referring to.
- rossdavidh 6y agoThe executive is at least elected, while the courts are not, even indirectly. More importantly, in recent decades one part has more often obtained what it wanted through the courts, another through executive order. Having them both as examples of undemocratic, would have made the questions more nonpartisan. As written, it seems pretty clearly written from a left-of-center position. If the study questions had been written during FDR's time, when the courts were striking down parts of the New Deal and FDR was expanding the powers of the executive in order to expand the social welfare net, we likely would see different questions used as examples of undemocratic behavior.
- caf 6y agoIn recentish times the courts have been striking down parts of Obamacare, gun control and campaign finance legislation too, though.