Explain why the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the line item veto in Clinton v. City of New York

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Based on the same reasoning in INS v. Chadha, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress could not bypass the bicameralism requirement (both the House and Senate must pass laws) with the line item veto. The Court took a strict adherence to the doctrine of separation of powers.

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a. True b. False

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Electronic legal research includes

a. Internet-based research. b. Westlaw. c. Lexis. d. All of the above.

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The bad tendency test was the earliest test used by the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret and apply the Free Speech Clause

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following can have its own rules of civil procedure?

a. Federal district courts b. States c. Individual courts d. Federal district courts and states e. All of these choices are correct

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