Which of the following reasons explains why justices were accused of engaging in judicial activism in the Roe v. Wade (1973) Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion?
A. They decided that abortion should be legal based on a broad interpretation of the Tenth Amendment.
B. They used the Fourteenth Amendment to argue that men and women were not granted the same reproductive rights without the legal right to abortion.
C. They used the First Amendment to define abortion as a right to free speech.
D. They strayed from the literal interpretation of the due process clause by establishing a new constitutional right to privacy.
D. They strayed from the literal interpretation of the due process clause by establishing a new constitutional right to privacy.
You might also like to view...
Ideas that people in a group share about themselves and the physical, biological, and social world in which they live are ________.
A. beliefs B. contracts C. laws D. attitudes
In a 1996 study done on 36 countries, which country has the highest overall firearm mortality rate (14.24 per 100,000)?
a. Mexico b. Brazil c. Argentina d. The U.S
The federal government and many states use sentencing _____ to limit judicial discretion in sentencing
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Islam is more than just a religion it is a prescription for a total way of life, both individually and ________________
Fill in the blanks with correct word