In 2016, an expanded Panama Canal began commercial operation, with a new lane of increased width and depth allowing for a larger number of ships. This expansion represented a major event for the Central American nation, which took control of the canal from the United States in 1999 under treaties negotiated by President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s. Known as the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, these were an example of

When the investment schemes began (in the 1990s), the IRS had difficulty discovering the tax shelter schemes because

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which replaced the federal food stamps of earlier times with debit cards that can be used to buy food, is an example of a program that offers ________ benefits to lower-income people.

Most spending on social welfare programs in the United States goes to programs for

26.  In response to a series of online social media postings on Twitter (“tweets”) by the CEO of a major car company in the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) requested and obtained an injunction prohibiting the CEO from posting any further tweets having to do with anything related to his car company.  Which is the strongest argument the S.E.C.’s action is unconstitutional?

8.   After a recent round of protests by high school students in the City of Los Angeles, the City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting teenagers between the ages of 14-17 from assembling outside in groups of more than two during the school day because the sound created was disruptive to the tranquility of neighbors in their homes.  Assuming a group of parents file suit on behalf of their teenagers, what is the most likely decision of the court based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent?

The federal government became involved in subsidizing the education of college and university students as a result of the 1944 GI Bill, which

9.  The State of California passed a law that prohibited any speech that is “destructive of the Peace” and another law stating that “unprotected speech is forbidden.”  Which statement most accurately describes the constitutionality of these two statutes?

When recruiting candidates, parties consider that, at the very least, a serious candidate for a U.S. Senate seat must be able to raise

In the late 1930s, British and French leaders tried in vain to keep their country out of another costly war with Germany by giving into some of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s demands. Consequently, this term for seeking peaceful solutions to conflicts, ________, took on a pejorative connotation.