The Constitution specifies that the number of justices on the Supreme Court should be between six and nine.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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A(n) __________ is an amendment to a bill that is not germane to the bill's purposes
a. rider b. cloture c. filibuster d. unanimous consent agreement
The Supreme Court began incorporating the Bill of Rights to the states in 1925, with a case involving ___________, and has done so as recently as 2010, with a case involving ____________.
A. cruel and unusual punishments; due process B. the right to bear arms; freedom of religion C. freedom of the press; due process D. freedom of speech; the right to bear arms E. freedom of speech; freedom of assembly
According to Paul Allen Beck, the New Deal Democratic majority was based on an alliance between
a. white southerners and liberal northerners. b. business and labor. c. environmentalists and women’s groups. d. religious conservatives and pro-life groups.
In the 1964 case New York Times Co. v. Sullivan,
suit was brought against the New York Times for running a partially inaccurate advertisement by civil rights groups critical of police officials in Montgomery, Alabama. How did the Supreme Court rule? a) Criticism of police officials in the national media constitutes a "reckless disregard" of public safety. b) Police officials are allowed to collect damage for defamation for any statement that can be "patently proven to be untrue." c) The media cannot be sued for anything they say in print. d) Erroneous statements about public figures are inevitable and must be protected for free expression to survive