Under which of the following circumstances would a presidential nominee to the Supreme Court have the most trouble being confirmed?
a. when the House is opposed to the nominee's ideological orientation
b. when a president nominates a woman or an ethnic or racial minority
c. when a president makes a nomination at the beginning of his or her term
d. when a president's party affiliation is in the minority in the Senate
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In which of the following Supreme Court cases did the Court rule that the federal government cannot force private companies to cover services that it objects to on religious grounds?
a. Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013) b. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014) c. District of Columbia v. Heller (2010) d. National Federation of Business v. Sebelius (2012)