In 2008 and 2009, the Obama administration initiated a large-scale economic bailout of the banking and auto industries. The U.S. government invested enormous amounts of money and, as a result, became the majority shareholder in some corporations. According to the text, this means that the United States

According to one study, in Pennsylvania, black defendants on trial for murder were 40% more likely to receive the death penalty than whites convicted of similar crimes. This indicates that _____.

What type of tax takes a larger percentage of wealthier tax payers’ income and a smaller percentage of the income of those who earn less?

Which of the following U.S. presidents described comprehensive health-care reform as the highest priority on his unfinished agenda for America?

The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review ______.

The Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a warrant ____.

The Supreme Court most typically functions as _____.

The former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor voted to allow a Christmas display on public property that included a nativity scene, but she voted to prohibit city governments from having displays that had only a nativity scene. This indicates that

AIM was ______.

Sociologists have noted that the informal teaching practices and power relationships by which schools operate produce a disconnect between democratic values and what actually goes on in schools. To what concept are such arguments referring?