With respect to the U.S. Constitution, which of the following statements is accurate?
a. It pays little attention to guarantees of equality, and even includes provisions sustaining the institution of slavery and the noncitizen status of Native Americans.
b. It declares that all men are created equal and have rights, but the framers meant men and not women, since they believed a woman's place is in the home.
c. It pays little attention to guarantees of rights, but does include provisions about equality that have led civil rights leaders to declare that equal people should have equal rights.
d. It pays little attention to guarantees of equality, but does include provisions condemning slavery and promoting citizen status for Native Americans.
a
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Which of the following laws would be the most likely to draw strict scrutiny from the Supreme Court when determining its constitutionality?
a. Male and female student athletes cannot compete on the same basketball team at the university level.-- b. Businesses cannot discriminate against gays and lesbians in hiring and promotion decisions. c. Those without a college degree are not eligible for upper-level civil service jobs. d. Government contracts must be awarded to a contractor who is a racial minority whenever at least 10 percent of the bidders are minority-owned businesses.
In his books, Making Democracy Work and Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam highlights the importance of what factor when explaining why some democracies perform better than others?
A. wealth B. religion C. social capital D. institutions