In Palko v. Connecticut (1937 ) the Supreme Court broadly ruled that certain provisions of the national Bill of Rights apply to the states because of
A) the notion of a reasonable person.
B) the shock-the-conscience test.
C) a rational basis standard.
D) the due process and equal protection clauses.
E) the notions of ordered liberty and fundamental rights.
E
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Which of the following differentiates a pluralist and a corporatist pattern?
A. Under corporatism there is a free market in interest group formation as opposed to under pluralism. B. Under pluralism, the government centrally organizes societal interests, while under corporatism, the state plays relatively little role in fostering or impeding interest group formation. C. Under pluralism, collective action takes the top-down approach, while corporatism promotes the grassroots mobilization of people. D. The pluralistic pattern requires that interest groups have institutionalized channels of representation in the state as opposed to the corporatist pattern which encourages interest groups to mobilize and organize societal interests freely. E. While in the pluralist pattern, interest groups form from within civil society, in the corporatist pattern the state influences interest group formation.
What do those who favor the original-intent theory believe?
A) The constitutionality of a law should be determined by ascertaining the intentions of those who wrote the Constitution. B) Many issues upon which the courts must render decisions were never contemplated by those who wrote the Constitution. C) A law's constitutionality ought to be judged in light of the entire history of the United States as a nation. D) The constitutionality of a law should be determined in light of what the words of the Constitution obviously seem to say. E) The courts should play a broader role in contemporary political controversies.
A security dilemma occurs when __________
A) budget constraints do not allow for proper domestic security measures B) the actions taken by a state to ensure its own security threaten the security of other states C) governments are unable to decide on a comprehensive security strategy D) supply lines are threatened