What do we call the view that the Constitution is a compact among sovereign states, so that the powers of the national government and the states are clearly differentiated?

We can use the ______________ to operationally define

the ability to participate effectively in political choices that determine one's life. a. voter turnout statistics in elections b. Economist Intelligence Unit's Index of Democracy c. constitutional guarantees of civil and political rights d. U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Account index of democracy

Why are terrorist threats "nondeterrable"?

a. because nuclear weapons are too powerful to be deterred b. because cutbacks were made to the SDI program that could have provided deterrence c. because partisanship has clouded the debate over BMDs d. because the threat of retaliation is meaningless to terrorists