Selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights occurred slowly due to the fact that:
a. the Supreme Court determined civil liberties issues on a case-by-case basis
b. the Supreme Court considered civil liberties issues to be too political
c. the Supreme Court was not willing to consider civil liberties cases until the 1960s
d. all of the Supreme Court justices during the twentieth century relied on an originalist interpretation of the Constitution
Answer: a. the Supreme Court determined civil liberties issues on a case-by-case basis
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A. ?only to that specific case. B. only within that court's jurisdiction. C. only at the federal level. D. ?only at the state level. E. ?to all applications of the law in the entire country.
In Northern Ireland the two competing sub-groups are called the British Nationalists and the Irish Unionists
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
One example of the government bargaining model of decision making is the __________.
A. Trump administration pressuring North Korea to give ground in peace talks B. U.S. State Department receiving more than a thousand inquiries from its embassies around the world every day C. struggle between the Japanese Agriculture Ministry and the Japanese Foreign Ministry over whether or not to allow the importation of sushi from California D. U.S. Defense Department sending out instructions to American military bases around the world every day
What do constructivists believe about state interests?
a. They are externally determined and constant b. They are socially constructed c. They do not matter d. They are determined based on state military and economic power e. They do not take women into account