Which statement best completes the diagram? Constitutional Limits on
Government Power
Branches of
govemment can check
each other's actions,
Citizens have nights
that the government
cannot take away
?
A. Congress cannot pass laws that some states do not support.
B. States have some independence from the federal government.
C. Local governments are free to ignore federal laws.
D. Citizens must vote to approve all laws passed by Congress.

- three-quarters or two-thirds..

- "the constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the house of representatives and the senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures."

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thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.