The Activist court of the Chief Justice Earl Warren was primarily concerned with expanding: correct answers Civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and federal power.
The functions of the Supreme Court include: correct answers 1. Maintaining national supremacy in the law
2. Resolving c...
The Activist court of the Chief Justice Earl Warren was primarily concerned with
expanding: correct answers Civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and federal power.
The functions of the Supreme Court include: correct answers 1. Maintaining national
supremacy in the law
2. Resolving conflicts among the states
3. Ensuring uniformity in the interpretation of national laws
4. Rule on cases accepted from lower courts
Civil Rights are: correct answers All rights rooted in the 14th Amendment guarantee of
equal protection under the law.
Examples of civil rights and liberties violations by the U.S. government include: correct
answers 1. The Patriot Act
2. Roving wiretaps
3. National Security Surveillance Agency
4. Defense of Marriage Act
Civil Liberties are: correct answers Those personal freedoms including freedoms of
religion and of speech, that are protected for all individuals in a society.
The Rhenquist Court demonstrated its conservatism early on through which ruling?
correct answers Roe v Wade, against abortion
The process of confirming justices for the Supreme Court has become: correct answers
Extremely partisan, controversial, and ideological.
Women were given the right to vote following ratification of the: correct answers The
19th amendment
Segregation by use of law or administrative decisions by public agencies is known as:
correct answers De Jure Segregation
The institutional practice of slavery was outlawed by the: correct answers The 13th
amendment
The right to counsel (representation by attorney) is guaranteed by which Supreme Court
decisions: correct answers Gideon vs Wainwright
The right to privacy is inferred through: correct answers other rights that are explicitly
stated in the Bill of Rights, specifically the fourth amendment
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