The doctrine that holds that the Supreme Court should actively check the other branches of government when they exceed their authority is known as which of the following?
A. Judicial restraint
B. Strict construction
C. Judicial activism
D. Broad construction
E. Conservative activism
Answer: C
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a. to promote marriage equality b. to protect the rights of married homosexuals c. to ensure states did not have to recognize same-sex marriages d. to strengthen the full faith and credit clause
The Supreme Court case that incorporated the freedom of speech and freedom of the press provisions of the First Amendment into the state is called
a. Wolf v. Colorado. b. Gitlow v. New York. c. Cantwell v. Connecticut. d. Everson v. Board of Education. e. Mapp v. Ohio.
When Yugoslavia fell apart, __________.
A. European countries joined forces and sent troops to defend the borders of the newly independent, sovereign states B. UN peacekeeping troops intervened and were able to keep casualties to a minimum C. an arms embargo was placed on heavily armed Serbia, while Bosnia was allowed to build up its arsenal so each side would be more equal D. ethnic Serbs seized parts of Croatia and Bosnia, where they killed non-Serbs or forced them from their homes
Which is a way to control extraneous variables?
a) matching b) history c) instrumentation d) reactive arrangements