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Questions
1. Social Security is the largest entitlement program in the United States.
a. Define "entitlement program," and explain what the primary source of revenue for the Social Security program is.
b. Describe one demographic trend that threatens the future of the Social Security program and explain why.
2. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects a number of rights of American citizens, including their religious liberty, which is contained within two clauses in the amendment.
a. Identify the First Amendment clause upon which the United States Supreme Court based its decision in Engel v. Vitale (1962), the school prayer case.
b. Describe the Supreme Court's decision in Engel v. Vitale.
c. Identify the First Amendment clause upon which the United States Supreme Court based its decision in Oregon v. Smith (1990), the religious use of peyote case.
d. Describe the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Smith.