Which of the Following Would the Framers Have Seen as a Serious

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would the Framers have seen as a serious encroachment on controls to protect against majority rule?

• A) abolishment of the Electoral College
• B) expansion of the use of executive privilege
• C) repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment
• D) the Supreme Court ruling in Bush v. Gore
• E) voter ID laws and other voter suppression efforts

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Definitions:

Legally Sufficient Consideration

An element of contract law that requires something of value to be exchanged between the parties involved.

Consideration

Something of value (such as money, services, or goods) that is exchanged between parties in a contract, rendering the agreement legally binding.

Legally Sufficient Consideration

In contract law, it refers to something of value that is exchanged between the parties, supporting a binding agreement.

Forbearance

The act of refraining from exercising a legal right; an agreement between a lender and a borrower in which the lender agrees to temporarily cease requiring mortgage payments, to delay foreclosure, or to accept smaller payments than previously scheduled.