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| Members of this organization are expected to contribute 2% of their GDP to defense spending by 2024. The most recent country to join this organization was North (+) Macedonia in 2020. Despite its Cold War origins, this organization's first military operations were prompted by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait (*) in the early 1990s. For ten points, name this military alliance formed in 1949 by the U.S., the UK, and several other Western European states. | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (or NATO) |
| An object referred to as Columbine II originally went by the name of this better-known object, which was given its official designation in 1953. A similar object to this one that served as its forerunner was called the Sacred Cow, and a SAM (+) 26000 was originally given this designation, which is planned to be replaced by a VC- 25B. A photograph taken in 1963 shows a man with his right hand raised and standing next to Jackie (*) Kennedy while being sworn in on this object. For ten points, name this official plane of the President of the United States. | Air Force One (prompt on "Presidential Plane" or similar answers before mentioned) |
| Part of a Pennsylvania statute for this procedure was ruled void in the case Colautti v. Franklin. In Gonzales v. Carhart, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 2003 law prohibiting a form of this procedure called intact (+) dilation and extraction. The "undue burden" standard replaced a principle established by a 1973 case guaranteeing rights to this procedure. Norma (*) McCovey's constitutional right to privacy was upheld in that case about this procedure, which established a trimester framework. For ten points, name this medical procedure at the center of Roe v. Wade. | Abortion (prompt on "Birth Control") |
| The Supreme Court case United States v. Kinnebrew Motor Co found that this text could not give rise to authority on issues not otherwise covered elsewhere. Chiefly authored by Gouverneur (+) Morris, this text calls for the "[promotion of] the General Welfare" and provisions "for the common Defense." and claims that a group is "[ordaining] and [establishing]" its attached work "in Order to form a (*) more perfect Union." For ten points, name this introduction to the U.S. Constitution. | Preamble to the United States Constitution |
| In February 2022, a fundraising campaign in support of this cause which had raised over $10 Million Canadian dollars was permanently removed from GoFundMe. On Day fifteen of this event, Ontario premier Doug (+) Ford declared a state of emergency in response to what he referred to as "a siege" of downtown Ottawa. A U.S. offshoot of this event involved a group of vehicles driving around the DC (*) Beltway at 40 miles per hour. For ten points, name this series of protests and blockades against Covid- 19 vaccine mandates and restrictions primarily involving truckers. | Freedom Convoy Movement (accept descriptive answers involving trucks/truckers before mentioned) |
| Once describing himself as a “decaf” counterpart to Rush Limbaugh, this politician won a 2012 election against John Richard Gregg. The NCAA and Salesforce vocally opposed the passage of Senate Bill (+) 101 by this man’s administration. As governor of one state, this man received criticism for promoting a never- implemented state-run news program called "JustIn." Mitch Daniels was succeeded by this Tea Party proponent and Indiana native who faced off against Tim (*) Kaine in one televised debate. For ten points, name this politician who served as Donald Trump’s vice president. | Mike Pence (accept Michael Richard Pence) |
| John Herrick captained one of the central vehicles involved in an incident that led to the passage of this legislation, which was notably opposed by Ernest Gruening and Wayne (+) Morse. Attacks on the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy prompted the passage of this bill, whose objective was to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against... the United States." Passed in (*) 1964, this is, for ten points, what resolution that essentially marked U.S. entry into the Vietnam War? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| This theorist criticized the role of churches in advancing "white slavery" in the essay "The Traffic in Women." That essay by this theorist was published in a collection titled for an ideology that "stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of (+) religion." This author provided a leftist critique of the Bolshevik Revolution in My Disillusionment in Russia. With Alexander Berkman, this theorist planned to assassinate Henry Clay Frick as an act of "propaganda of (*) the deed." For ten points, name this Lithuanian-born anarchist who ran the journal Mother Earth. | Emma Goldman |
| The governor of this region introduced an act that regulates public smoking called the Natasha Protection Act. The Biden administration requested nearly $900 million from Congress to expand the defense of this region against missiles from (+) China. In 1997, this region’s legislature established the Commission on Decolonization. Governed by Lou Leon (*) Guerrero since 2019, this is, for ten points, what region, the largest island in Micronesia and a territory of the United States? | Guam (accept Guåhan) |
| One member of this party coined the term "sovereign democracy" to describe the politics of its country. Convicted spy Anna Chapman was appointed to the governing body of this party's youth wing. Factions of this party include the 4th of November Club and the State (+) Patriotic Club. This party was formed in a merger between the OVR and Unity Parties. Since 2007, this party has maintained a majority in the State Duma and was dubbed "a party of crooks and thieves" by Alexy (*) Navalny. For ten points, name this right-wing, big-tent Russian political party, a frequent ally of Vladimir Putin. | United Russia (or Yedinaya Rossiya) |