25. The State of California passes a law mandating that pub…
25. The State of California passes a law mandating that public schools must allow community groups, including religious groups, to use school facilities as a meeting place after school hours. Assuming a group of parents objects to the inclusion of religious groups and files suit to enjoin the law from taking effect, which statement most accurately describes the outcome based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?
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17. California amended its election law several years ago from a blanket primary to an open primary in which anyone from any party may vote for anyone from their party or another party. Following the primary, the two candidates receiving the most votes advance regardless of party. Assuming California then changes its primary from an open to semi-closed primary, in which parties could allow independent voters to vote in their primaries, but not voters registered in another party, e.g., Independents could vote in a Republican or Democrat primary but a Republican could not vote in a Democrat primary and vice versa. Assuming a challenge to the final change, what is the most likely outcome based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent if the final change is challenged in court?
Read DetailsAfter World War II, sparked by economic talks held by the Un…
After World War II, sparked by economic talks held by the United States and its allies (excluding the Soviet Union) in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, toward the war’s end, a number of countries laid the groundwork for a trade agreement that evolved, decades later, into the World Trade Organization. What brought the countries together to do this?
Read DetailsThe New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), a replaceme…
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), a replacement for an older nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation that was signed by President Obama and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and ratified by the Senate in 2011 after a 71–26 vote in its favor, was a classic example of
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