An early law at the national level that prohibited slavery in a specific part of the United States was the ______.
A. Fugitive Slave Act
B. Northwest Ordinance
C. Alien and Sedition Acts
D. Civil Rights Act
B. Northwest Ordinance
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Profanity, obscenity, and threats may constitute which of the following?
a. content neutrality b. prior restraints c. fighting words d. censorship
The notion of a Faustian bargain is that
a. compromise is necessary in order to engage in successful politics. b. energy pollution is necessary for a growing economy. c. water resources must be shared by farmers and urban dwellers. d. people can achieve desirable things but only if they pay a terrible cost. e. endangered species must be protected even at the cost of some scarce water resources.
Which of the following is not a reason that states have improved their ability to govern capably over the last few decades??
A) State legislatures have generally increased the time they are in session.
B) States have made internal changes that have improved capabilities.
C) Unelected officials who work in state departments are better educated.
D) States have increased their ability to raise revenue through taxes and other means.
E) All previously unelected officials, such as those in programs that deal with transportation and social services, are now elected.
Using the ordinary scrutiny test, courts have been willing to allow what type of differential treatment?
A. religion-based B. race-based C. sex-based D. age-based E. ethnicity-based