The Eleventh Amendment exempts states from
A. commandeering by the Federal Government.
B. lawsuits by citizens of other states or foreign nations.
C. lawsuits under the Bill of Rights.
D. following federal law in their own states.
E. None of these answers is true.
Answer: B
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All of the following have historically been major think tanks with special importance in U.S. policy formation EXCEPT ______.
A. the American Enterprise Institute B. the Brookings Institution C. the Heritage Foundation D. the National Center for Policy Analysis
Which of the following steps is part of the process for amending the Constitution?
a. ratification by three-fourths of states' legislatures b. approval by three-fourths of both houses of Congress c. confirmation by the Supreme Court d. an executive order by the president
What does the following describe? "In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently, not culture of the earth, no navigation, nor the use of commodities that may be imported by sea, no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force, no knowledge of the face of the earth, no account of time, no arts, no letters, no society, and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
A. Aristotle's polis. B. Kant's world of the categorical imperative. C. The condition of the Hebrew people in the wilderness. D. Hobbes state of nature. E. Madison's world of factions.
Social insurance programs have high levels of public support because
A. of the perception that recipients have earned the benefits. B. they are based on an equality principle-all citizens are eligible for the benefits and all recipients receive the same level of benefits. C. of the necessity of increased taxes to fund them. D. their cost is consistently below the spending level for public assistance programs. E. None of these answers is correct.