Blog

On his way to winning re-election in 2012, Barack Obama picked up 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney’s 206 electoral votes. This means that President Obama won how many more electoral votes than the minimum necessary to win the White House?

What has emerged as probably the most significant power given to the national government under the Constitution that was not given to the national government under the Articles of Confederation is the power to…

Crescendo means to gradually grow louder.

Cello

Suppose the president decides to veto major funding legislation for a new highway project. The Congress still has the constitutional option of attempting to override the president’s veto, but it requires ___ of the members to consent to the override.

In order to win the White House, a candidate must first win…

The Framers of the Constitution believed it was necessary to separate the powers of government into three branches because…

Suppose there is an unusual four-way race for a seat in Congress here in Texas. The final results of the vote after the November election are the following: Candidate A wins 25% of the vote; Candidate B wins 12% of the vote; Candidate C wins 24% of the vote; and Candidate D wins 39% of the vote. Who wins the election? 

Much attention has been given recently to same-sex marriage. One reason cited by the Supreme Court to grant the right to marry to same-sex couples was that…

The first era of Western music history in which instrumental music was as important as vocal music was the: