WGU C963 - Learning Checks & Quizzes Latest Update 2024

According the Supreme Court's ruling in Brandenberg v. Ohio, political speech can be restricted only if it does which of the following? - ANSWER-Political speech can be restricted if it creates a danger of imminent lawless action. According to John Locke, how much authority should society have over its citizens under the social contract? - ANSWER-Limited authority, the social contract should provide a society in which the society has no more power than is necessary to regulate the natural rights and co-existence of its citizens According to the social contract theory, what is the origin of society? - ANSWER-Society is the product of human desire and effort According to the Supreme Court, when is it legal to take private property for public use? - ANSWERFor the enhancement of government revenues, creation of jobs, building of roads, creation of public parks. Although the national government had the power to declare war under the Articles of Confederation, how was this specific power limited? - ANSWER-There was no national army from which to pull soldiers. The national government had to ask the individual states to send soldiers from their state militias to fight in any war. As a check on the power of Congress to pass laws, the president was given power to? - ANSWERVeto power allows presidents to restrain Congress from passing legislation unless they have a large enough majority to override the presidents veto. As a check on the power of the Supreme Court, Congress has the power to? - ANSWER-Increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court.