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Increases in salaries and staff sizes by legislators are viewed by the public as ______.

After the American Revolution, governors ______.

The number of local governments within a state’s boundaries depends on factors such as the state’s ______.

In a town meeting form of government, the legislative functions are concentrated in the ______.

Attorneys General have become major political players in recent years by ______.

Many problem-solving courts use closely monitored treatment plans in order to deter recidivism.

If Republicans hold sixty seats in the House of Representatives and Democrats have only fourty, the vast majority of the time the Republicans are going to get their way. This is an example of ______.

During the second half of the twentieth century, judicial reformers focused on persuading states to adopt ______ for choosing judges.

The most ubiquitous form of ______ is a legislator’s intervening with administrative agencies on behalf of constituents or constituent groups in ways that are episodic and punitive.

Typically, professional legislatures are more effective at ______ than nonprofessional legislatures.