The Supreme Court of ______ was the first in the nation to declare that marriage was a civil right and that banning same-sex marriage violated the state’s equal protection and due process clauses.

a. Massachusetts
b. New York
c. New Jersey
d. Minnesota
e. Illinois


a. Massachusetts

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A. Social Security Administration B. U.S. Census Bureau C. Department of Health and Human Services D. Department of Agriculture

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Why do independent executive agencies operate outside a cabinet department and report directly to the president?

a. The agency head needs to preserve some independence from hostile departments and feel free from politicization. b. The agency and the department may agree on policies and the president needs to be advised from different perspectives. c. Cabinet departments must always feel unrestricted in overriding agencies. d. The agency head must generate discord in order to do his or her job appropriately.

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What was a military alliance of Eastern European nations that lay within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence?

A) Warsaw Pact B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) C) Alliance of Communism D) Strategic Air Command (SAC) E) Alliance of the Red Star

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If you have to sacrifice either internal validity or external validity, which would be better to sacrifice? Why?

What will be an ideal response?

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