Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Civil liberties have always been prominent in the nation’s news and policy deliberations.
2. Determination of civil liberties has shifted from the nearly exclusive jurisdiction of states and communities to the national government.
3. Article I of the Constitution contains the Bill of Rights.
4. As the most prominent elected figure in American politics, the President has a special responsibility for protecting civil liberties.
5. Whether the liberties in the Bill of Rights are competing with each other or with other parts of the Constitution, it creates a Pandora’s Box of unanswered questions.


1.false
2.true
3.false
4.false
5.true

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