Based on Your Readings About the Supreme Court and Federalism

question 55

Essay

Based on your readings about the Supreme Court and federalism pertaining to issues like same-sex marriage and state marijuana laws, what issues are likely to be contentious in the future with regard to federalism? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Result

The outcome or consequence of an action, experiment, or process.

Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the results of a study are unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, according to predefined criteria.

Experimental Group

The group in a scientific study that receives the treatment or intervention being tested, in contrast to the control group.

Control Group

in experiments, a group of subjects that does not receive the experimental treatment and is used as a baseline to compare the effects of that treatment.