Author Question: The overall impact of state bills of rights today is: A. to undermine the rights and liberties ... (Read 35 times)

Chelseaamend · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The overall impact of state bills of rights today is:

A. to undermine the rights and liberties guaranteed by the federal constitution.
B. essentially unrelated to the rights and liberties mentioned in the federal constitution.
C. to expand the rights and liberties beyond what the federal constitution guarantees.
D. rendered moot by the inclusion of a bill of rights in the federal constitution.

Question 2

During the 1950s and 1960s, civil rights advocates used federal courts and the federal constitution to challenge segregation because:

A. state constitutions in the South prohibited segregation.
B. the federal constitution permitted segregation.
C. segregation was prohibited by both the federal and southern state constitutions.
D. southern state constitutions permitted segregation.