Who wrote the pamphlet
Common Sense?
a. Thomas Paine
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. James Madison
d. Alexander Hamilton
e. Benjamin Franklin
Question -2-When the federal government addresses issues such as poverty and health care, it is concerned with ________ policy.
A) social
B) civil
C) domestic
D) foreign
E) regulatory
Question -3-In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka the Supreme Court ruled that segregation is inherently unequal and therefore is unconstitutional.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -4-The impact of the lower courts can be felt on the Supreme Court because
A) the executive branch places the burden of enforcement on the lower courts.
B) the Supreme Court rarely makes broad and clear-cut statements, allowing lower court interpretation.
C) the Supreme Court typically returns complex cases to the lower courts for further review.
D) lower courts may reverse the decisions of higher courts in the federal court system.
E) the lower courts are not bound to the doctrine of stare decisis, and tend toward activism.
Question -5-Justice John Marshall Harlan wrote a dissent to the rulings in Plessy v. Ferguson, arguing that the Constitution is color blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens . . .
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question -6-As a means to avoid deciding some cases, the federal courts have developed a doctrine of
A) extrajudicial concern.
B) judicial precedent.
C) jurisdictional issue.
D) political question.
E) dissenting opinion.
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