The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional right to use one's own personal funds in that individual's campaign with the decision ________

Which one of the following best explains why the Articles of Confederation purposely created a weak national government?

a. The Articles were based on a theory of state sovereignty. b. The Articles were intended to not offend Parliament and King George III. c. The Articles separated power into three distinct branches: executive, legislative, judicial. d. The Articles were actually intended to create a very powerful central government. e. The Articles intended for a strong executive branch but weak judicial and legislative branches.

Although the new American government could have easily been taken over or supplanted, what helped to defuse and prevent these types of conspiracies and cabals?

a. Concern for legitimacy b. Concern for constitutionality c. Concern for the rule of law d. Concern for irony e. Concern for liberty