In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Bush's unilaterally established military commissions to try alleged enemy combatants being held at Guantanamo Bay, were
A) illegal.
B) based on a congressional delegation of power.
C) based on an explicit constitutional grant of power.
D) legal based on Article II of the Constitution.
E) legal because Congress issued a declaration of war.
A
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a. powerful b. centralized c. foreign d. state e. local
In which of Daniel Elazar's political cultures do citizens emphasize deference to elite rule within a hierarchical society?
a. liberalistic b. moralistic c. individualistic d. collectivist e. traditionalistic
Which Supreme Court case found that the Fourteenth Amendment served to protect political and civil, but not social, rights?
a. Plessy v. Ferguson b. Brown v. Board of Education c. Brown v. Board of Education II d. Dred Scott v. Sandford
According to the Left, the root of the right-wing bias in the media is
a) the overwhelming conservatism of journalists. b) the corporate ownership of the media. c) the commitment to diversity in the newsroom. d) the anti-American slant of most people hired into media jobs.