Jack N. Rakove contends that several of the founders viewed state constitutions as defective because they
a. did not constitute a fundamental law that would be unalterable by the legislature.
b. centralized too much power in the executive branch.
c. centralized too much power in the judicial branch.
d. did not provide for a bicameral legislature.
a. did not constitute a fundamental law that would be unalterable by the legislature.
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President Putin made much political capital out of appealing strongly to the oligarchs
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.