The situation in which the legislature and the executive are held by different parties, making agreement across party lines necessary in order to pass any legislation is known as a ________

A. dictatorship
B. feudalist state
C. constitutional monarchy
D. divided government
E. unicameral legislature


D

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a. Strict scrutiny  b. Intermediate scrutiny  c. Rational basis plus  d. Rational basis   

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a. Roe v. Wade. b. Grovey v. Townsend. c. Plessy v. Ferguson. d. Sweatt v. Painter. e. Nixon v. Herndon.

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