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Sportsfan2111

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Which statement best describes the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?
 
  a. Chief Justice Marshall concluded that the creation of the Bank of the United States was necessary and proper as a means to carry out other powers that Article I explicitly granted to Congress.
  b. Congress can only regulate commercial activity that actually reaches over state lines.
  c. States cannot declare illegal what the Congress has stipulated as law.
  d. The people of a single state cannot confer a sovereignty that would extend beyond the borders of the state.

Question 2

How might the Supreme Court decisions in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), involving segregated railroad facilities, and in Bradwell v. Illinois (1873), involving the admission of women to the law profession, be seen as similar in retrospect?
 
  a. Both decisions might be viewed as upholding important constitutional principles.
  b. Both decisions might be viewed as positive turning points in the history of American jurisprudence.
  c. Both decisions might be viewed as hindering the civil rights of racial or ethnic majorities.
  d. Both decisions might be viewed as troubling missed opportunities for the Supreme Court to protect civil rights.



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livaneabi

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d




Sportsfan2111

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


Jossy

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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