To gain the necessary support for ratification of the Constitution, the Federalists finally promised to add

Which of the following cases stated that the death penalty is an extreme sanction, suitable to the most extreme of crimes?

Starting in 1925, the Supreme Court began using the due process clause to say that states could not abridge a civil liberty that the national government could not abridge. In other words, the Court ____ the protections guaranteed by the national Bill of Rights into the liberties protected under the _____ Amendment.

Which of the following statements about the “Lemon test” is false?

To prevent the possibility of tyranny of the majority, the Constitution did all of the following EXCEPT:

The view that government should own and control the major industries of society is known as:

Pluralism is described as a system in which

Critics of affirmative action claim that it

Funding for the interstate highway system is an example of ­_____________ federalism.

Which of the following cases prevents states from denying same sex couples from getting married?