What is the difference between civil rights and civil liberties?

What will be an ideal response?

Civil rights require positive action from government while civil liberties are protections against government action.

Political Science

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The partisan anchors of American political ideology are defined by

A. positions on social issues and economic issues. B. geographic region and socioeconomic class. C. financial stress and pessimism D. gender. E. religious beliefs.

Political Science

Which of the following was identified as one of the primary questions of budgeting?

A. deciding reasonable debt reductions in light of public needs B. system-level allocation between the public and private sector; which activities justify government intervention C. how active the public is in budgeting policy D. constitutional question of whether Congress should more aggressively reassert control over the budget process

Political Science