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William McCardle was ______.
a. a federal judge
b. a Supreme Court justice
c. an ex-Confederate general
d. a newspaper editor
The defendants in Dennis v. United States had been convicted of violating the _____.
a. Solomon Amendment
b. Enforcement Act of 1870
c. Smith Act of 1940
d. None of the above
The importance of presidential power in enforcing a constitutional decision of the
Supreme Court is well illustrated by the circumstances surrounding _____.
a. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
b. South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
c. Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
d. Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979)
A case appealed from the U.S. District Court in Guam will typically be heard by
______.
a. the Supreme Court of California
b. the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
c. the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
d. the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The president most closely identified with the constitutional theory of the presidency is
______.
a. William HowardTaft
b. George Washington
c. Theodore Roosevelt
d. Lyndon Johnson
Hylton v. United States involved a tax on _____.
a. lotteries
b. oleomargarine
c. cigarettes
d. carriages
In his speech in 1893, Justice David J. Brewer advocated _____.
a. strengthening the judiciary
b. judicial restraint
c. stronger labor unions
d. unleashed public opinion
The holding in Calder v. Bull stated that the Constitution's ban on ex post facto laws
was limited to certain kinds of retroactive _____.
a. tax legislation
b. wills and estates
c. criminal legislation
d. civil issues
