In the 1960s, the Supreme Court aroused the wrath of many Americans with rulings like that in Engel v. Vitale regarding which controversial religious issue?
a. displays of religious symbols on government buildings
b. teaching of evolution in school
c. displays of religious symbols during holidays
d. recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school
d
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In ______________, the Supreme Court upheld a New York statute requiring local public school districts to lend textbooks on secular subjects to students in private and parochial schools based on the child benefit theory
a. Board of Education v. Allen (1968) b. Meek v. Pittenger (1975) c. Everson v. Board of Education (1947) d. None of the above is true.
The realist-behavioralist view suggests that judicial decision making is essentially the product of
a. extralegal factors. b. laws. c. precedent. d. facts.
Discuss the opinions of James Wilson, Roger Sherman, and Alexander Hamilton about how the president should be selected.
What will be an ideal response?
The Texas Constitution of 1876 is
A) a liberal constitution. B) a statutory constitution. C) a pluralist constitution. D) an elitist constitution. E) a legislative constitution.