In June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act was _____________.
a. completely unconstitutional.
b. completely constitutional.
c. constitutional because it involved taxes.
d. unconstitutionaldue to the individual mandate.
Question -2-In _______________, the Supreme Court amplified its decision in Board of Education v. Dowell (1991) by permitting a federal district court that for many years had supervised desegregation of the DeKalb County, Georgia, schools to relinquish supervision over certain aspects of school administration.
a. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
b. Keyes v. Denver School District (1973)
c. Missouri v. Jenkins (1995)
d. Freeman v. Pitts (1992)
Question -3-In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama
a. questionedthe Court on the decision in the Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
b. applaudedthe Court on the decision in the Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
c. citedthe Court on the decision in the Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
d. berated the Court on the decision in the Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission.
Question -4-In ________________, the Supreme Court unanimously approved the use of court-ordered busing to achieve the goal of desegregation.
a. Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
b. Alexander v. Holmes County (1969)
c. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
d. Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
Question -5-When judges rule based on the precedent, this is a fundamental notion in law called
a. stareregulatius. c. stareinstatius.
b. staremaximus. d. stare decisis.
Question -6-In _____________, the Supreme Court found that a newly created law school at the Texas College for Negroes under the separate but equal doctrine was substantially inferior to the whites-only law school at the University of Texas.
a. Sipuel v. Oklahoma Board of Regents (1948)
b. Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
c. McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
d. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)
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