Answer:
The Coercive acts was a act that had 5 laws. The British government had a purpose of restoring authority in its colony. It also lead to the start of the Boston tea party
Answer:
1. to give the legislature the power to pass new laws
2. to discourage racial mixing
3. to retain public support
Explanation:
The Pearsall Plan, which was a response of the North Carolina to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court on the unconstitutionality of racial segregation in public schools.
Created in 1956, Pearsall Plan sought a moderate approach to mix their public schools, however, in the bid to achieve their goal, the plan gave reason the state (North Carolina) should amend her Constitution, to reach common ground on the issue. The following are the reasons given:
1. to give the legislature the power to pass new laws: this enable the legislature to passed legislation that delay the integration.
2. to discourage racial mixing: there is also amendment of Compulsory School Attendance Law which excused students from going to integrated schools, there by discouraging racial mixing in public schools.
3. to retain public support of school: the plan seek to give more power to the school board which in turn, helps to retain public school supports.
Thereafter, in the case of Godwin v. Johnston County Board of Education (1969), ruled the Pearsall Plan unconstitutional.
Hi there! Your answer would be: <em>The Minutemen.</em>
Thi question is incomplete. Here´s the complete question.
The 2013 case of Windsor v. United States in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals employed ___ in holding that the Defense of Marriage Act held no legitimate state interest and thus overturned it.
Answer: intermediate scrutiny
Explanation:
In United States v. Windsor, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed the lower court's decision that Section 3 of DOMA was unconstitutional.
The court found that, since homosexuals had been historically subjected to discrimination, they could be considered as a group that falls under a "quasi-suspect classification", and therefore intermediate scrutiny could be applied.
DOMA was deemed unconstitutional under the equal protection guarantees of the Fifth Amendment because it didn´t pass that test.
