James Madison believed that ______ were “the most common and durable sources of factions.”

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 allowed the Payroll Tax Holiday to expire but

A. increased the tax rate on the income of those making $200,000 or more B. eliminated corporate tax loopholes C. allowed the Bush era tax cuts to expire D. continued the provision of the Tax Relief Act of 2010

The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka is most notable for which of the following reasons?

A. It sparked the immediate desegregation of public facilities across the South. B. It was completely ignored by the executive and legislative branches. C. It struck down the separate but equal doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson. D. It marked the Supreme Court's first acceptance of the Tenth Amendment.