The Supreme Court ruled that the political speech of Charles T. Schenck presented a "clear and present danger" to the United States.

The expansion of Medicare in 2003 made it the

a. largest addition to social welfare since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. b. least expensive domestic federal program. c. most comprehensive health care plan offered by any national government. d. most expensive portion of the federal budget. e. most profitable federal program.

The national and state governments may have their own lists of powers, but the national government relies on four constitutional pillars for its ultimate authority over the states. Of the following, which is one of those four pillars?

a. the excise power b. the commerce clause c. the full faith and credit clause e. the equal protection clause