PLST 205 Quiz Separation of Power
PLST 205 Quiz Separation of Power and the U.S. Constitution
- Which prong of the Lemon test is based on the false presupposition that government can be neutral towards religion?
- What judicial opinion destroyed the distinction between interstate and intrastate commerce?
- Which branch(es) of government is/are the least democratic?
- As far back as the 1790s, Congress understood that the general welfare clause allowed Congress to expend monies on objects of benevolence or public charity.
- Humanism is a religious point of view.
- The Blaine Amendment, which was not enacted,
- Article I, section 8, paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the authority to print paper money.
- In what decision did the U.S. Supreme Court declare that the freedom of speech and of the press applied to the states?
- Which of the following is not a power of the President specifically enumerated in the Constitution?
- What enumerated authority does Congress have to check the power of the judiciary?
- Thomas Jefferson was a participant at the Constitutional Convention.
- According to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 78, the judiciary is to
- How many justices comprise the United States Supreme Court?
- In what decision did the U.S. Supreme Court first apply the phrase “wall of separation between church and state?”
- Which branch of government has the least number of lines in the U.S. Constitution?
- How many states must ratify a constitutional amendment?
- According to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 78, which branch was designed to be the least powerful?
- James Madison’s proposal for the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause stated that
- What branch of government has a responsibility to secure the blessings of liberty by interpreting the U.S. Constitution in terms consistent with the Bible?
- The U.S. Supreme Court always has interpreted the general welfare clause to permit government expenditures on programs for the benefit of a specific group of people in need.
- The day after the House of Representatives voted to adopt the First Amendment, Representative Elias Boudinot proposed a resolution asking the President to do what, which the President agreed to do?
- Which clause is often referred to as the “elastic clause” because it has been stretched so far beyond what was originally intended?
- The source of law in the United States should be
- The original definition of a penumbra is
- Under the Constitution, which branch of government makes laws?