Q2 BM Review

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What is Hamilton claiming in the passage? “ [T]he judiciary from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in the capacity to annoy or injure them.” - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78  (1788)

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The Supreme Court is the least capable to injure individual rights and liberties

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How are Executive Orders different from a law passed through Congress?

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Executive orders have the force of law and can be challenged in court like a law, but can be undone by future presidential executive orders or congressional legislation.

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According to Article II of the US Constitution, who shall not be appointed an Elector?

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The President.

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Which of the following IS NOT a criticism of the Electoral College? In most states, the candidate that loses the popular vote receives no Electoral College votes, The winner of the nationwide popular vote may not be the winner in the Electoral College vote, It gives too much power to smaller states, It gives too much power to large states

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It gives too much power to large states

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An argument that supports the Electoral College is: It limits the power of factions by making sure that candidates are broadly appealing across multiple states/regions

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It limits the power of factions by making sure that candidates are broadly appealing across multiple states/regions

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Based on the summary so far, which of Mapp's rights had been violated? Options: First Amendment Rights, Second Amendment Rights, Third Amendment Rights, Fourth Amendment Rights

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Fourth Amendment Rights

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This case is an example of:

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Judicial Review

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This clause of the 14th Amendment means:

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laws should be applied equally to all persons

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Historically, this clause of the 14th Amendment was used to challenge and fight which of the following: corruption of state prosecutors, racial segregation and Jim Crow laws, police corruption, income inequality?

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racial segregation and Jim Crow laws

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This passage and the case Marbury v. Madison (1803):

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Established the practice of Judicial Review