(A) The First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances
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B) The Fourth
Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure
(C) The Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination
(D) The Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment
(E) The Tenth Amendment right of states to powers not given to the national government
All of the following were concerns about the Articles of Confederation that led to the calling of the Constituti
Convention of 1787 EXCEPT
(A) dissatisfaction over safeguards of individual rights and liberties
(B) fear for the stability of the central government
(C) desire to promote trade among the states
(D) the need to give the central government the power to levy taxes
(E) dissatisfaction with the central government's ability to provide for national defense
The Supreme Court has ruled which of the following concerning the death penalty?
(A) A state may not impose the death penalty on a noncitizen.
(B) Lethal injection is the only constitutionally acceptable method of execution.
(C) Females may not be executed.
D) The death penalty is not necessarily cruel and unusual punishment.
E) The death penalty violates the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution.
hich of the following is an example of checks and balances, as established by the Constitution?
1)
A requirement that states lower their legal drinking age to eighteen as a condition of receiving
federal highway grant programs
=) Media criticism of public officials during an election campaign period
) The Supreme Court's ability to overturn a lower court decision
The requirement that presidential appointments to the Supreme Court be approved by the Sew
President by the electoral college rather than by direct election