The Supreme Court has permitted Congress to abrogate the states' sovereign immunity in order to vindicate individual rights protected by the
a. Twelfth Amendment.
b. Fourteenth Amendment.
c. Sixteenth Amendment.
d. Eighteenth Amendment.
B
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A classic study of national convention delegates found that the opinions of Democratic and Republican leaders diverged sharply and that
A) they were found to conform to party images. B) Republican leaders identified with big business, free enterprise, and economic conservation. C) Democrats were friendly toward labor and government regulation of the economy. D) all of the above. E) both B and C are correct.
Which of the following presidents refused to run for reelection in 1968 because of the Vietnam War?
A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Lyndon Johnson C) John Kennedy D) Richard Nixon E) Jimmy Carter
In 1833, in the case of Barron v. Baltimore, the Supreme Court reasoned that the whole thrust of the Bill of Rights was ______.
A. directed exclusively at restraining state power B. directed at restraining federal and state power equally C. advisory in nature, directed at neither the national government nor the states D. directed exclusively at restraining the power of the national government
Departments and agencies within the federal bureaucracy serve which of the following functions?
a. issuing executive orders b. issuing executive agreements c. implementing public policies d. drafting legislation