The Biggest Drawback for an Interest Group in Pursuing Litigation

question 61

Multiple Choice

The biggest drawback for an interest group in pursuing litigation is that:

• A) litigation is often time-consuming and costly.
• B) litigation can be overturned by future court decisions.
• C) the federal court system refuses to hear cases with interest groups as participants.
• D) Americans tend to look down on groups that bring politics into the courts.
• E) few groups have access to legal expertise.

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Definitions:

Superego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the moral conscience and ideal standards.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality structure that contains a person's basic, instinctual drives.

Electra Complex

In psychoanalytic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Phallic Stage

is a psychoanalytic concept referring to a stage of psychosexual development in young children where focus and pleasure are on the genital area.