Author Question: The scandal involving the Nixon administration's efforts to illegally obtain information on the ... (Read 78 times)

pragya sharda · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The scandal involving the Nixon administration's efforts to illegally obtain information on the Democrats' campaign strategy is called

A) the Nixon scandal. B) Whitewater. C) Filegate. D) Watergate. E) Iran-Contra.

Question 2

What do those who favor the original-intent theory believe?

A) The constitutionality of a law should be determined by ascertaining the intentions of those who wrote the Constitution.
B) Many issues upon which the courts must render decisions were never contemplated by those who wrote the Constitution.
C) A law's constitutionality ought to be judged in light of the entire history of the United States as a nation.
D) The constitutionality of a law should be determined in light of what the words of the Constitution obviously seem to say.
E) The courts should play a broader role in contemporary political controversies.