Two broad goals achieved by the decisions written by john marshall were:
a. declaring the tariff of 1816 unconstitutional
b. establishing the importance of the supreme court
c. reducing sectional differences
d. strengthening the federal government e. strengthening states' rights

a and c?

i think it is a and c

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts