Question

Critique the following constitutional provision protecting the property of slave owners. What would be an advantage of this policy?

A. The national government assesses taxation on an equal basis, regardless of state population size.
B. Identifying enslaved people as property ensures that Southern slave states remain part of the Union.
C. States retain the power to decide what taxes will be paid to the federal government, thus increasing state autonomy.
D. Taxes are divided on an equal basis regardless of race, ensuring taxation is fair.

Answer 1

Explain how this decision legally interpreted the Constitution prior to the civil rights movement.(1 point)

A. The decision used strict constructionism by refraining from attempting to decipher the intent behind the Fourteenth Amendment.
B. The decision used strict constructionism by explaining the federal power to legislate education within state borders.
C. The decision used liberal constructionism by citing the precedent of separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
D. The decision used liberal constructionism by interpreting the amendment’s author’s intent to explain the Fourteenth Amendment.