Question

powers, and rights quiz
ny times v united states (1971)
the new york times received secret info about the us involvement in the vietnam war, specifically what had
eally\ happened at the gulf of tonkin. it turned out that the president had exaggerated the incident and used that exaggeration to gain increased war powers form congress (the gulf of tonkin resolution). the new york times sought to publish the information and the government attempted to get an injunction barring them from going to press with it. the times sued claiming that the government was infringing upon their first amendment right of freedom of speech. the government claimed that a limitation of that right was in order because it was dangerous to the security of the nation.
the supreme court affirmed the position of the new york times. the court ruled that the information did not represent a clear and present danger to national security and that the governments attempt to suppress the information was an attempt at censorship and a violation of first amendment rights to freedom of the press.
the information in the excerpt above is an example of limiting government using which principle of democracy?
○ federalism
○ rule of law
○ judicial review
○ popular sovereignty

Explanation:

The Supreme Court's ruling against the government's attempt to censor the New York Times is an example of the power of the judiciary to review government actions. Judicial review allows the courts to determine the constitutionality of government actions and limit the government when it oversteps. In this case, the court found the government's attempt to suppress the information as a violation of First - Amendment rights, thus exercising judicial review.

Answer:

C. Judicial Review