Patrick henry made this statement in his speech at the virginia ratifying convention. the purpose of the speech was to explain why he opposed ratifying the constitution without a bill of rights.

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with which statement would the author of the quote above most likely agree? (3 points)

select one:
a. the president should have the ability to meet with mexican representatives regarding a trade agreement.
b. the u. s. supreme court should have the ability to strike down a law limiting prayer on public property.
c. the new york legislature should have the ability to pass a law limiting media coverage of a local tragedy.
d. a coalition of u. s. senators should be able to add nasa funding to the new congressional budget.

The author of the quote most likely agree with the statement that the U.S. Supreme Court should have the ability to strike down a law limiting prayer on public property.

Option B

Explanation:

“Give me Liberty or Give me Death” statement was declared in second Virginia Convention on 1775 by Patrick Henry and the quotation he delivered while Virginia Ratifying Convention was directing towards the concern regarding liberty rather than increasing trade or being a powerful person.

For the same, he would better agree that U.S. supreme court must have the potential to remove such law which says that prayers are limited on the public property.

In the U.S, the 1st Amendment drew a boundary between public and religious constructions, but boundaries are not highlighted and the reason behind it is as courts have also welcomed requests regarding civil religion in public buildings and also as secularism should be maintained in the nation.

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.

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