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Civil liberties are best understood as freedom from government interference with individual freedoms.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question -2-

Supreme Court cases that deal with the expansion of the enumerated powers within the Fourteenth Amendment are often in what area?
 
  a. Federalism as it relates to funding issues.
  b. Civil rights issues concerning discrimination by state and local governments.
  c. Control of education policy between state and local governments.
  d. Federal unfunded mandates.

Question -3-

In 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
 
  a. gave funds to states and cities through existing federal, state and local channels.
  b. created a new Metropolitan Region office to help urban and regional areas.
  c. bypassed city needs in its funding.
  d. routed funds to business interests rather than state and local governments.

Question -4-

The Eleventh Amendment helps define the relationship between states by creating the concept of sovereign immunity, which is the idea that
 
  a. a diplomat from a foreign nation cannot be arrested for committing a crime.
  b. an elected governor will not be charged with a crime until after he or she is out of office.
  c. police, acting as part of their duty, are immune from charges for killing people accidentally when responding to an emergency call.
  d. states cannot be sued by either other states or citizens of another state.

(Ans. #1)

TRUE

(Ans. #2)

b

(Ans. #3)

a

(Ans. #4)

d