Atkins v. Virginia used which type of interpretive approach to conclude that execution of those with mental and developmental disabilities was an unconstitutional punishment?

a. originalist
b. flexible
c. institutional
d. attitudinal

b

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In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), the Supreme Court determined that __________ were unconstitutional

a. poll taxes b. grandfather clauses c. all forms of affirmative action d. Jim Crow laws e. racial quotas

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____________ are negotiated by the executive branch with foreign governments without being ratified by the Senate.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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