How do we know that the Framers intended the Bill of Rights to limit federal government's power to infringe on the rights and liberties of citizens?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain the concept of selective incorporation.
2, Describe the meaning of substantive due process.
3, Analyze how selective incorporation and substantive due process work to protect the civil liberties of individual citizen.
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Which of the following statements best characterizes Art's argument about the versatility of nuclear weapons?
a. Their usefulness is limited to when a state's homeland is directly under threat. b. Nuclear weapons are irrelevant to an assessment of the fungibility of military power. c. Nuclear weapons are not fungible as a power resource, but they are only one part of a state's total military power assets. d. Although nuclear weapons are not particularly useful for achieving certain specific goals, they do increase a state's political influence in the international realm.
To ensure that each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of others, the framers incorporated _______ into the Constitution
a. a bicameral legislature b. checks and balances c. a weak executive office d. the Government Accountability Office