Which view was not part of montesquieu’s conception of the separation of powers in the spirit of the laws (1748)?
a.
the two houses of the legislature cannot block laws introduced by the president.
b.
an independent judiciary is necessary.
c.
the executive branch must have veto power over the legislature.
d.
each of the two houses of the legislature can block bills from the other house.

Correct answer choice is :

In The Spirit of the Laws (1748), Montesquieu explained the numerous forms of division of political power among a council, an executive, and a judiciary. Montesquieu presumed that the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in restraint to limit any branch from becoming too powerful. He concluded that combining these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would head to dictatorship.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

the correct answer is:   the domino theory states that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.