Andrea Moorehead was abandoned by her birth mother, a crack-cocaine user who had tested positive for venereal disease, shortly after birth. Andrea was placed with foster parents when she was nine days old. The foster parents, Melva and Robert Dearth, sought to adopt Andrea when she was 10 months old. The Dearths are white and Andrea is black. They live in an interracial neighborhood, they attend
an interracial church, and their two children attend an interracial school. They have a stable marriage and financial standing. Which of the following factors may NOT be considered in determining whether the Dearth's may adopt Andrea?
a. Their race c. Their age
b. The stability of their marriage d. All of the above may be considered.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An often overlooked feature of Federalist 78 is that its author ______.
a. maintains that federal judges should be removed from the bench for issuing unpopular decisions b. contends that the Bill of Rights can only be defended by the judiciary c. makes an argument in favor of judicial review d. asserts that the judiciary should be more accountable to average citizens e. argues against the right of the judiciary to check the power of the legislature
The ways in which political actors in a nation engage others at home and abroad in order to advance their own nation’s interests, protect and secure national security, and support national commercial interests are defined as ______.
a. defense policy b. domestic policy c. foreign policy d. economic policy
Which of the following describes checks and balances as defined by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention?
a. Giving each of three branches of government the power to restrict the actions of the others b. A system that regulates funds transferred between the state and central governments c. A means of counting the slave population for the purposes of representation d. The means by which small states receive similar power to large states