In his majority opinion, U.S. Supreme Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote all of the following reasons in support of the constitutionality of state antifusion laws, EXCEPT
a. states should be able to avoid "voter confusion.".
b. states should be able to permit two or more parties to nominate the same candidate for office.
c. states should be able to protect the "stability of their political systems.".
d. states should be able to ensure the integrity of the ballot by prohibiting candidates to be cross-listed as two ormore parties.
b
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Why did the Whig Party ultimately fail?
a. Slavery and sectionalism. b. Rum, Romanism, and rebellion c. The electoral dominance of the Democratic Party d. The personal magnetism of Abraham Lincoln e. Emergence of the Federalist Party
According to the Constitution, local governments are ______.
a. prohibited from acting unless the national government specifically allows it b. co-equal to the national government in a system denominated federalism c. explicitly prescribed powers of education and transportation d. subordinate to and reliant upon state governments