Which of the following would be considered a middle power in the international system?

What was the Supreme Court's rationale in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) for why Congress could not prohibit discrimination in public accommodations?

a. Congress cannot regulate public accommodations because they involve interstate commerce. b. Congress can only regulate government discrimination, not discrimination by private individuals. c. Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because doing so violates the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.-- d. Congress cannot prohibit discrimination because there was insufficient evidence that discrimination exists.

Generally speaking, Native Americans have not been able to turn to state political entities for help in exercising their rights because ______.

a. competition from other local concerns has overwhelmed the states’ ability to respond b. most reservations cross state borders, causing considerable jurisdictional issues c. local authorities have been perceived as being too sympathetic to the Native Americans’ cause d. Native American reservations have a separate legal existence under federal jurisdiction e. the commerce clause forbids state level interaction with Native American tribes