Which case focused on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act?
A) Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
B) United States v. Windsor
C) Bowers v. Hardwick
D) Lawrence v. Texas
E) Roe v. Wade
B
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The individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act that is designed to prevent free riding draws on what element of the Framers' toolkit?
A. agenda setting B. command approach C. majority rule D. prisoner's dilemma
The ruling in the 1833 Supreme Court case of Barron v. Baltimore held that
A) the city of Baltimore was part of the state of Maryland, not Virginia. B) Barron, as a property owner, held full voting rights. C) the Court did not have jurisdiction in cases involving personal property. D) each state's constitution was supreme over the Bill of Rights. E) the Bill of Rights did not apply to state laws.
What is a "surrogate interest group"?
a. Organization paid by a particular group to represent its interests b. Organization established by a government to represent groups too poor or disorganized to represent themselves c. Group that unintentionally represents someone else's interests d. Organization that represents more than one group
Which of the following statements about the two-party system is correct?
A. Most European countries have such a system. B. The United States is one of the few countries with such a system. C. It exists in the United States because of the absence of local party organizations. D. It has existed in the United States only since the early 1900s. E. It has always been on the verge of collapse.