Which group believes that the United States must be prepared to act militarily to protect its interests and that military power is most effective when others view it as legitimate?

The Asian financial crisis

a. increased world commodity prices, which helped American economic growth but increased inflationary pressures. b. increased world commodity prices, which negatively affected poor populations in Africa and Latin America. c. brought about the first prolonged negative growth in Asian economies in the post-WWII period. d. dropped the prices of manufactured goods produced by Asian economies, which helped growth in Western economies. e. depressed world commodity prices, which helped the American economy grow without inflationary pressures.

Based on the principle of "invidious discrimination," in order for the Supreme Court to declare discriminatory practices unconstitutional, the Court must decide that the practices

A. have no rational basis. B. are deliberately discriminatory. C. privilege one group over another. D. lack the support of the community. E. reinforce existing racial, ethnic, or sexual hierarchies.