Which of the following is NOT considered in danger of becoming a failed state?

Melissa Salters is taken into custody by a court bailiff in the middle of court proceedings for using obscene language while answering the opposition attorney's questions. Melissa has been formally:

A. charged with perjury. B. accused of tampering with evidence. C. held in contempt of court. D. charged with issues involving a conflict of interest. E. charged with a justiciable controversy.

The movement to amend and to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1786 was led by ______.

a. only New Yorkers b. the vast majority of Americans c. a small subset of elites d. slaves and white merchants