Question:Can I please get help answering these questions (there are hints in parenthesis on how to answer) with as much detail as you can. Thank you so much
1) How is the United States government based upon John Locke's idea of a social contract? Cite evidence from the First Amendment to support your answer. (Hint: Define social contract. How did Locke expand upon Hobbes' idea of a social contract? What are the 4 First Amendment freedoms? How are those freedoms related to a social contract between US citizens and the government?)
2) Explain the concept of judicial activism and how this philosophy interprets the Constitution.
(Hint: On what do they base their court decisions? Provide an example)