The Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act was passed in 1974. Under this act, states would only get federal highway funding if they set a speed limit of 55 mph on all four-lane highways.
Why would the federal government deny funding the states instead of just directly setting the speed limit?
Select one:
a. The federal government wanted to better allocate money by cutting down on highway funding.
b. State legislatures were not likely to reduce the speed limit to 55 mph on their own.
c. States were thought to have the right to regulate their own intrastate highways.
d. Studies by the federal government indicated that driving 65 mph was unsafe.

Which best describes the basis for the right to privacy in the united states? a. the right to privacy is a civil liberty that places limits on government power through the constitution, especially the bill of rights. b. in griswold v. connecticut, the supreme court defined the right to privacy by incorporating the fourth amendment and the right of people to be secure; the self-incrimination clause of the fifth amendment; the ninth amendment; and the due process clause of the 14th amendment. c. the right to privacy is embodied in the words of u. s. justice louis brandeis, "the right to be left alone." d. the term privacy is not in the constitution or bill or rights but it does exist.