Question

Read this passage: The president has asked Congress to consider a new antiterrorism law. The law would give law enforcement agencies more freedom to monitor suspected terrorists' phone calls, text messages, and Internet usage. The law's supporters claim that it is an essential tool to keep Americans safe from terrorism. Its opponents claim that it infringes on their civil liberties by stripping them of the right to privacy. Which action would the party opposing the president most likely take to help resolve this issue? A. Encourage its members to publicly attack the law to sway public opinion against it

B. Begin a campaign to have the president removed from office because of his proposal
C. Take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it
D. Demand that public safety issues be left to the states rather than the federal government (APEX)

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) Take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it.

The action that the party opposing the president most likely take to help resolve this issue is to take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it.

We are referring to the case of the Patriotic Act that Congress passed in 2001 after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act created a lot of controversy in the US because it allowed surveillance and wiretapping to detect terrorist activity. Federal agents also could ask federal Court permission to get bank records for security purposes and prevent money laundering that could finance terrorist groups.

Answer 2

C. Take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it.