What term describes a court's legal authority to resolve a case?
A.) extradition
B.) jurisdiction
C.) judicial review
D.) case law
Ans: B.) jurisdiction
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What is "liberation theology"?
a. the Islamic belief that only through death can union with Allah and true peace be achieved b. the argument put forward by the Reagan administration, also known as the "Reagan Doctrine," that pro-Soviet governments should be overthrown and their people liberated c. a Buddhist teaching that earthly peace can only be accomplished by meditation d. a version of Catholicism that says that peasants have a right and duty to better their lives, even if that means revolution
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court ruled that
A. the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional. B. as second-class citizens, African Americans must endure second-class facilities. C. segregated facilities were not inherently unconstitutional, as long as they were equal. D. though Jim Crow laws clearly violated Fourteenth Amendment protections, the federal government had no authority to interfere in the internal matters of states. E. African Americans were not citizens and so could not claim the same rights as white Americans.
Shouting profanities in public is an example of __________, which is not protected speech
a. hate speech b. fighting words c. obscenity d. libel
Which of the following would the framers have seen as a serious encroachment on controls to protect against majority rule?
A. abolishment of the Electoral College B. expansion of the use of executive privilege C. repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment D. voter ID laws and other voter suppression efforts