The Eleventh Amendment protects states from
a. lawsuits brought by a citizen of another state.
b. federal interference in medical matters.
c. judicial rulings that conflict with state law.
d. requirements to supply the federal government with revenues.
e. requirements to recognize judicial proceedings from other states.
Question 2
In 2001, the Supreme Court struck down an order from the Attorney General that the Drug Enforcement Agency consider lethal injections in physician-assisted suicide to be a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. What was the courts argument?
a. Assisted suicide is a moral issue and therefore not under the jurisdiction of the court.
b. The Attorney General has no authority over the Drug Enforcement Agency.
c. The Controlled Substances Act refers only to illegal drugs.
d. Federalism restricts federal law from regulating the practice of medicine.
e. The people of Oregon had already voted in favor of assisted suicide.
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