Discuss the role of the 14th Amendment in incorporating individual rights to the states.
What will be an ideal response?
For the first 100+ years of the Bill of Rights, the courts took a view that the Bill of Rights applied only to the actions of the federal government and not the states themselves. But starting in the early 1900s, the courts began to use the due process clause of the 14th Amendment along with specific cases brought before it to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states, starting with the 1st Amendment, then moving on to the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments and most recently the 2nd Amendment. This pro-cess has taken almost 100 years of case law.
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Political parties usually seek candidates that can win elections, regardless of their ability to lead
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Candidates for statewide office in Texas __________
a. spend most of their time and money traveling the state to campaign door-to-door b. rely exclusively on paid advertisements to communicate with the public c. must hold meetings of campaign staffers in public to comply with the Open Meetings and Public Information Acts d. construct their campaigns around the media
A committee that includes members of both houses of the legislature is a(n)
a. ad hoc committee. b. interim committee. c. joint committee. d. conference committee. e. standing committee.
With Southern seats vacant after secession, the Northern Republicans in Congress used the opportunity to
a. increase their salaries. b. pass unconstitutional legislation. c. reinforce states’ rights. d. strengthen the federal government. e. weaken the central government.