In 2007 the Supreme Court ruled that the pursuit of racial integration in public schools through busing
A. was a practice that should be left to state governments to adopt or reject.
B. was as necessary to ensure racial justice as was the ending of de facto segregation in 1954.
C. deprived students of their Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection.
D. was a permanent solution to an intractable problem.
E. should be enacted and monitored by the federal government to ensure full compliance.
Answer: C
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a. The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the national government. b. A stronger national government was needed to effectively respond to the needs of a growing nation. c. They wanted to find a way to make George Washington their ruler, but were unable to under the Articles. d. It put too much emphasis on the necessary and proper clause.
Which of the following presumes that members of Congress moved their decision-making to agencies because it can shift the focus and blame to agencies?
A. shift of responsibility B. delegation of authority C. rulemaking D. mix of enforcement styles