The Existence of Two Distinct Levels of Government, Combined with the Separation

question 42

Multiple Choice

The existence of two distinct levels of government, combined with the separation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers within each of those governments, is a(n)

• A) disadvantage of federalism.
• B) example of accommodation of diversity.
• C) example of strengthening of liberty through division of powers.
• D) example of the operation of Brandeis' "laboratories of democracy."
• E) All of the above are true.

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