Amicus curiae briefs are rarely filed in cases before the Supreme Court

In 1996, President Clinton signed a major welfare reform that __________

A) ended the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program that provided federal matching funds to the states to help the poor, mostly single mothers B) restructured the Food Stamps program to distribute aid only to citizens and families far below the poverty line C) reduced funding to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, which provides healthy food options to mothers with young children D) introduced healthcare reforms, ensuring that all U.S. citizens under 24 years of age would be covered

The democratic peace theory was used as justification for which of the following?

A) the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement by the United States B) the decision of the United States to invade Iraq in 2001 C) the veto by President Nixon of the War Powers Resolution D) the conflict between the United States and the UK in the War of 1812