HEL What is one way that the rule of law has influenced the development of the American legal system?

A. All people, including politicians and other leaders, must enact fair laws.

B. Defendants are guilty until proven innocent.

C. Penalties for violating civil laws are more severe than for violating criminal laws.

D. Elected officials must obey constitutional laws but not statutory laws.

The answer is A

Explanation:

The answer is A because everybody has to follow the federal laws and also the laws of the state that they are in so with that being said people that are into politics run for a position in either the federal law position or a state law position they would have to make fair laws that effect everybody the same. Also it has to pass the guide lines of the federal/state regulations for passing a law.

answer: i looked it up

explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.