Since the power to suspend habeas corpus appears in Article I Section 9 of the Constitution, Justice Taney argued that the power to suspend habeas corpus was given only to ______.

a. the states
b. the Congress
c. the president
d. the military leadership


b. the Congress

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Judicial review is the power to ________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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As a part of President Johnson’s Great Society program, the federal government saw an expansion of its powers in the policy area of ______.

a. commerce b. legislation c. education d. drugs

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When the UN Security Council demanded that Iran suspend Uranium enrichment in 2006, this could be seen as an example of _________ diplomacy

A. bilateral, formal B. bilateral, informal C. multilateral, formal D. multilateral, informal E. unilateral, informal

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In________________________, the federal government was barred from enforcing the Controlled Substances Act because doing so would offend RFRA

a. Reynolds v. United States (1879) b. Employment Division v. Smith (1990) c. City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) d. Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita (2006)

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