One Example of the Framers' Intent to Insulate the Senate

question 105

Multiple Choice

One example of the Framers' intent to insulate the Senate from the tyranny of the majority was to __________.

• A) give members lifetime appointments
• B) give the Senate authority to overturn a presidential veto without House ratification
• C) give the Senate authority to overturn a Supreme Court decision
• D) have members appointed by incumbent senators
• E) have members appointed by their respective state legislatures

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Definitions:

Uniformitarianism

The principle that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere.

Catastrophism

The theory that Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Biological Sciences

The branch of natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.