Questions
1. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last Friday that President Trump cannot use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport a group of _______________ from a detention center in Texas.
a) suspected Venezuelan gang members
b) undocumented dads
c) unaccompanied minors
d) unruly hooligans
2. In an unsigned order, the justices ruled that the group should remain in the US while _______________ decide how far in advance migrants must be informed of their removal.
a) the Supreme Court
b) lower courts
c) lawyers
d) undocumented migrant legal aid groups
3. The U.S. is currently in negotiations with Iran over its uranium enrichment program. The Iranian government insists they are enriching uranium solely to:
a) export it to other countries to subsidize their oil industry
b) build nuclear weapons
c) eliminate their use of fossil fuels
d) generate electricity
4. Iran’s foreign minister asserted this week that Tehran will continue its uranium enrichment program regardless of whether a nuclear deal with the US is reached. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff then declared in an interview on ABC:
a) “Iran can enrich as much uranium as they want as long as they promise to only use it to generate electricity.”
b) “Uranium enrichment is not a deal-breaker.”
c) “We cannot allow even 1% of an enrichment capability.”
d) “If they don’t end it, we’ll blow their nuclear enrichment program to smithereens.”
5. President Trump announced the start of the Golden Dome project. It is a proposed next-generation missile defense shield aimed at protecting the U.S. from incoming missile threats, including all but WHICH ONE?
a) ballistic missiles
b) cruise missiles
c) anti-tank missiles
d) hypersonic missiles
6. The countries that pose serious missile threats to the U.S. in the next decade include:
a) China, Russia, North Korea, Iran
b) Iran, Syria, North Korea and China
c) Russia, China, Venezuela, North Korea
d) Cuba, China, Russia and Iran
7. District court judges have issued a record number of injunctions against the Trump administration. The administration appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that district judges who issue injunctions that affect the entire nation are:
a) politically motivated
b) Biden appointees
c) overstepping their authority
d) undermining their credibility
8. A nationwide injunction is a court order that prohibits the federal government from enforcing a statute, regulation, or policy not just against the plaintiffs in a case, but against _______________, including nonparties.
a) anyone in the country
b) anyone in the world
c) anyone involved in the judge’s district
d) none of the above
9. On Thursday, DHS revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program because Harvard:
a) refused to provide the information DHS requested on “criminality and misconduct of foreign students on campus”
b) allowed violent protests where Muslim students were assaulted, discriminated against and verbally abused
c) permitted foreign students to act in a threatening manner to African-American student journalists during protests
d) all of the above
10. More than _______________ of Harvard’s total enrollment – undergraduate and graduate – are international students.
a) 7%
b) 27%
c) 2%
d) 50%
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