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What best describes the Supreme Court's reasoning in declaring the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional?
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The 13th and 14th Amendments give the federal government the power to protect all individuals from federal and state infringement of their civil rights. However, they do no give the federal government the power over discrimination comitted by private individuals or organizations.
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What ended the Montgomery bus boycott?
A US Supreme Court mandate declaring bus segregation unconstitutional.
Who has the ability to veto unsatisfactory bills from congress?
President or Supreme Court can find it unconstitutional.
Which of the followeing did the most to expand civil rights in the 1950's?
The Supreme Court decision declaring state mandate schools segregation to be unconstitutional.
What is a law called when the US Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional?
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Which government body struck significant blows to President Roosevelt's attempts to change the American economy by declaring some New Deal laws unconstitutional?
Supreme Court
How did Marshall rule in marbury v. Madison?
The Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review by declaring an act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1789, unconstitutional.
How did marshall rule marbury v Madison?
The Supreme Court first asserted the power of judicial review by declaring an act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1789, unconstitutional.
Which of these is the best description of the judicial review?
(1) declaring invalid laws that violate the U.S. Constitution, (2) asserting the supremacy of federal laws or treaties if they differ from state and local laws, and (3) serving as the final authority on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
What is unconstitutional about ObamaCare?
It is not unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled that it is constitutional.
The Supreme Court decision in the case Marbury v. Madison is important because?
It allowed the Supreme Court to overrule an unconstitutional law.
Treaties can be?
Declared unconstitutional by the supreme court
What can the state do to laws they think are unconstitutional?
They can appeal to the United States Supreme Court to have the law be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court's right to judicial review.
