Which of the following Amendments greatly altered the balance of power in favor of the national government, in order to protect freed slaves from state governments?
a. The Eighth Amendment
b. The Twelfth Amendment
c. The Fourteenth Amendment
d. The Sixteenth Amendment
c. The Fourteenth Amendment
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The U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled people charged with a serious crime and cannot afford an attorney are nonetheless entitled to defense at the government's expense was:
a. Baker v. Carr. b. Mapp v. Ohio. c. Gideon v. Wainwright. d. Miranda v. Arizona.
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a. interferes with Congress's ability to exercise its enumerated powers b. discriminates according to sexual orientation c. hinders the execution of duly enacted state laws d. involves a power that belongs to the states under the Tenth Amendment
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