In 1976, in the case of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, the Court held that all poll taxes, even those imposed by states, violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
False
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The most basic and simplest matching technique is to
a. make the extraneous variable an IV b. hold the extraneous variable constant c. individual matching d. frequency distribution matching
The majority of the cases heard by the Texas Supreme Court are from a
A) writ of certiorari. B) petition for review. C) bill of attainder. D) habeas corpus.
An amicus curiae brief is often
a. written by lawyers hired by an interest group in order to supply the court with information and analysis. b. written by judges explaining its ruling in detail to the press. c. submitted to Congress for approval before being submitted to the court. d. an outline of a political party’s platform. e. an overview of the day’s news reported by a media outlet.
President Washington was given the sole right to remove department heads by which authority?
a. Article II of the Constitution b. a unanimous vote in the First Congress c. a narrow vote in the First Congress with Vice President Adams casting the tie-breaking vote d. the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison