Answer:
A
Explanation:
After 2/3 of Congress votes to pass an amendment it is sent to States for approval. 3/4 of the states (38) must approve before it is ratified to the U.S Constitution. This is done by a vote in the State Legislature or a special ratifying convention.
Answer:
It was a part of the spoils system also known as political patronage. They would be called political patrons.
Answer:
In a common law jurisdiction, the property that the defendant is guilty of larceny is the lawnmower.
Explanation:
Larceny or theft is the intentional possession of someone's property for the purpose of permanently depriving the owner of its use. The property may be the person's identity, intellectual property, services, and personal property. Though the automobile was totally ruined, the neighbor did not initially intend to dispossess the owner of the car. But he intended to dispossess the owner of the lawnmower since he was about to trade it in for a new one, which will belong to him and not the former owner.
Answer: Woodson v North Carolina and Roberts v Lousianna
Explanation:
In Boykin v. Alabama (1969), the Supreme Court examined the constitutionality of the death penalty for the first time.
By 1972, Furman v. Georgia ruled a Georgia death penalty law was cruel and unusual punishment, which is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment. In 1976 there were five "Death Penalty Cases". While Gregg v. Georgia, Jurek v. Texas, and Proffitt v. Florida, confirmed the states´ death penalties, Woodson v. North Carolina and Roberts v. Louisiana overturned the mandatory death sentences.
