Compare the Warren Court to those immediately succeeding it.
A) The Warren Court was generally considered conservative, but subsequent courts were seen as more liberal. B) Subsequent courts were conservative, but not nearly as conservative as the Warren Court. C) Succeeding Courts failed to represent the conservative agenda of the Warren Court. D) While the Warren Court was rather progressive, subsequent courts were viewed as conservative.
The head of ministry is equivalent to the __________ in the United States.
A) chief of government
B) head of state
C) departmental secretary
D) premier
What was perhaps the most conservative shift of the Roberts Court?
A) The Court took on notably fewer cases than before, reversing the tendency to use the Court at a back-up legislature. B) The Court ruled conservatively on abortion cases, whereas the previous Court tended to rule on the pro-choice side. C) Roberts and colleagues seemed more heavily influenced by outside opinion, lessening the Court's ostensible objectivity. D) Despite its liberal rulings on gun control, the Court ruled conservatively on gay rights and immigration issues.
What have been the implications of the 2010 Citizens United case?
A) Corporations were deemed as non-persons, and thus cannot contribute directly to political campaigns. B) Individuals, corporations, and unions may now contribute unlimited campaign funds through so-called super-PACs. C) Despite being considered collections of people by the Court, corporations may not donate to political campaigns. D) Individuals may donate unlimited campaign funds, but corporations face a stiff 100,000 cap.
Analyze the series of court decisions in 1962
and 1964 finding that unequal representation denied citizens their Fourteenth Amendment rights.
A) The Court ordered that state legislatures apply the principle of one person, one vote in redrawing electoral lines. B) State legislatures were ordered to redraw district lines to better represent African Americans. C) The Republican party was censured for excluding the black vote using voter ID laws. D) States were forced to add one representative per 100,000 people to better serve impoverished areas.
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