In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the right of the national government to create a bank based on which of the following?
a. The authority to create the bank was expressly enumerated as a governmental power in the Constitution.
b. the elastic clause in the Constitution
c. his hostility to the Federalist view of government relations
d. Maryland’s previous waiver of its sovereign right to prohibit the bank’s establishment
b. the elastic clause in the Constitution
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Why was segregation in the North different from that in the South?
A) It was considered to have occurred as the result of private decisions made by individuals. B) It was more strictly enforced in the North. C) It was part of the legal system since the Revolution, whereas the South only instituted it after the Civil War. D) It occurred much less frequently. E) It never took place in the schools.
Which of the following is a document in which the parties involved point out what they see as the problems with the trial and respond to the arguments in the other party's brief?
a. Trial transcript b. Trial brief c. Legal briefs d. Legal transcript