When the 23rd amendment was passed, it gave voting rights to residents of washington, dc. why were they excluded from all of the previous amendments that gave voting rights?
a. only politicians were allowed to live in washington, dc. previously, people in government were not allowed to vote for themselves.
b. washington, dc is not a part of a state; the original constitution says that only the residents of states were eligible to vote for president.
c. washington, dc did not have a large enough population to be eligible to vote.
d. before the amendment, it was thought that it was not a good idea to give people who lived so close to the president the right to vote for the president.

Atype of infrastructure that state governments maintain is schools roads libraries parks

Explain what the following quote means: “if men are naturally in a state of war, why do they always carry arms and why do they have keys to lock their doors? ”

Imagine instead that angel raich and diane monson were arrested at a pro-medical marijuana rally they had organized in a public park in california and faced several charges: 1. violating a public decency statute because they were wearing t-shirts that read "ignore the feds, weed is not a crime! " with pictures of marijuana leaves surrounded by flames and guns, and 2. violating a town regulation that prohibited being in the park after sunset. raich and monson argue that both charges should be dropped because their actions were protected by the first amendment. 1. what is raich and monson's argument that they should be allowed to wear their t shirts 2. what is raich and monson's argument that they should be allowed to organize a rally in a public park? 3. what is the weakness is raich and monson's argument about the rally?