Which phrase completes this sentence? question 12 options: a) the right to bear arms b) the right to a fair and speedy trial c) freedom of speech, religion, and press d) life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

The correct answer is D: Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Explanation:

This phrase is a quotation in the preamble of the United States Declaration of Independance and is known as the ''most potent and consequential words in american history''. It represents a moral standard as well as the bases and principles of the policies and political philosophy of Abraham Lincoln.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

i think that it would be tenth of the first