In writing the majority opinion in United States v. Windsor (2013), on what constitutional principle did Justice Kennedy base the decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act?

a. the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection guarantees –
b. the First Amendment's protection of freedom of association
c. the Fifth Amendment's protections against the deprivations of equal liberty
d. the Tenth Amendment's reserve power protections


c

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In which case did the Supreme Court expand federal power over interstate commerce by ruling that New York did not have the ability to create a steamship monopoly on the Hudson River?

a. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) b. Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851) c. Marbury v. Madison (1803) d. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) e. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)

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__________is a plan wherein the employer contributes, but the employee bears all the risks of the investment

a) Defined benefit plan b) Unemployment insurance c) Federal unemployment tax act d) Defined contribution plan

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The American Medical Association fought Medicare as "socialized medicine."

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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