Author Question: When Congress passed a law that forbade anyone from carrying a gun near a school, the Supreme Court ... (Read 44 times)

Diane · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

When Congress passed a law that forbade anyone from carrying a gun near a school, the Supreme Court declared the law invalid because such behavior

A) was protected by the First Amendment.
B) did not affect interstate commerce.
C) was not proven to be dangerous.
D) was jealously guarded by NRA lobbyists.
E) was not considered necessary and proper.

Question 2

On the issue of state sovereignty, the text states that since around 1992, the Supreme Court has

A) restricted the ability of states to govern independently of the federal government.
B) not overturned any laws based by Congress that contain instructions for state governments.
C) begun to restore the view that states have the right to resist some forms of federal action.
D) allowed states to resist almost all federal action.
E) empowered the national government more than when Earl Warren was Chief Justice.