What is the core principle behind social contract theory?
A. Free and equal individuals must give their consent to be governed.
B. Government was created in order to free the primal nature of man.
C. The general will of the individual should take precedent over the general will of the governed.
D. In the state of nature, man is content.
A. Free and equal individuals must give their consent to be governed.
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a. ideological b. single-issue c. protest d. neutral
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A.) representation B.) logrolling C.) lawmaking D.) oversight
In the case of Shaw v. Reno (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that
a. majority-minority districts were not a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. b. majority-minority districts were unconstitutional. c. minority-dominated congressional districts were a violation of the Tenth Amendment. d. minority-dominated congressional districts were not a violation of the Tenth Amendment. e. redrawing voting district lines from time to time is constitutional.
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