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| In Granholm v. Heald, the Supreme Court ruled that this amendment does not overrule the Dormant Commerce Clause. This amendment, which is the only one to have been ratified through state conventions, was introduced and passed by Congress as the Blaine Act. (+) This amendment was ironically ratified unanimously by Utah, whose ratification as the 36th state made this amendment effective nationally. The only ratified Constitutional amendment which (*) repeals an earlier amendment, for the points, what is this amendment which repealed the 18th? | 21st Amendment (or Amendment 21) |
| One of this man's first acts as secretary was removing Newt Gingrich and Cory Lewandowski from one department's advisory board. In one meeting, this man urged India to not buy the Russian S400 air defense system. Josh Hawley and Mike Lee were the only senators to vote (+) against this man's confirmation to one position, which required a waiver of the National Security Act to bypass a seven-year waiting period. (*) For the points, name this retired four-star general, the first African-American secretary of defense. | Lloyd Austin (or Lloyd James Austin the Third) |
| A vote differential of 5269 decided this man's victory over Walter Dee Huddleston in one election. In remarks about this man, Donald Trump once said, "I hired his wife. (+) Did he ever say thank you?" This man once served as a judge in his home state's Jefferson County before going on to serve in another seat for over 35 years. (*) Rand Paul serves as junior senator alongside, for the points, what senator from Kentucky? | Mitch McConnell (or Addison Mitchell McConnell the Third) |
| This man has released 83 episodes of a radio show which has a name meaning "Inner Thoughts." The Citizenship Amendment Act, passed during this man's tenure, aimed to give minorities in nearby countries a means of obtaining citizenship in this man's country. A member of (+) Parliament from Varanasi, this man implemented the Goods and Services Tax after spending more than a decade as the chief minister of Gujarat. (*) Leadership of the BJP party was taken in 2014 by, for the points, what prime minister of India? | Narendra Modi (or Narendra Damodardas Modi) |
| This term may have been derived from a youth organization that participated in the Stone's Prairie Riot around the 1860 presidential election. Ross Douthat [[DAO- thet]] used this term to describe a type of "capitalism," including advertising campaigns designed for millennials. (+) A 2022 act in Florida is named for its effort to "Stop" this in schools. Though popularized by BLM activists to raise awareness about police shootings, (*) this one-word term has become a common insult toward liberals. For the points, name this term often attached to those "alert to racial prejudice." | Woke (accept Woke capitalism; accept Stop Woke Act) |
| In 2021, Christopher Luxton succeeded Judith Collins as the leader of this country's National Party. Also in 2021, Cindy Kiro became this country's first indigenous female governor general. Basil Spence designed this country's circular, Brutalist unicameral parliament building, (+) which is nicknamed the "Beehive." Chris Hipkins faces an October 2023 election after taking over as leader of the Labour Party and (*) prime minister in, for the points, what commonwealth country in which he succeeded Jacinda Ardern? | New Zealand |
| This man was a long-time advisor to Andrew Carnegie and served as the first president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This man was the primary author of a bill establishing a civilian government in Puerto Rico. This winner of the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize (+) succeeded John Hay in a post in which he continued the Open Door Policy. Serving as secretary of war (*) at the turn of the twentieth century, for the points, who was this man who also served as secretary of state under Theodore Roosevelt? | Elihu Root |
| This man claimed one famine was mostly due to man-made error during the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference. A "Resolution on the Rehabilitation of Comrade [this man]" was issued in 1980 during the government of Deng Xiaoping [[SHAO- PING]]. This man was named the leader of a (+) "bourgeoisie headquarters" and "the biggest capitalist roader of [one] party." The Red Guards often targeted this man, who preceded Dong Biwu in a presidential position he held from 1959 to 1968. (*) For the points, name this first vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. | Liu Shaoqi [[SHAO-CHEE]] (accept in either order; accept "Resolution on the Rehabilitation of Comrade Liu Shaoqi"; prompt on "Shaoqi") |
| This diplomat negotiated the Treaty of Canandaigua, sometimes named after this man, with the Iroquois Confederacy. This politician published a misleading translation of French documents to incriminate Edmund Randolph, and this man was censured for negotiating with (+) British envoy George Rose. Dismissed from a cabinet post for siding with Alexander Hamilton over the Quasi-War, (*) this is, for the points, what Massachusetts politician who served as secretary of war and secretary of state under George Washington and John Adams? | Timothy Pickering (accept Pickering Treaty) |