Why did the line-item veto exist for only a short time?

a. Governors already had a line-item veto at the state level.
b. Bill Clinton used the line-item veto to excess.
c. The line-item veto was redundant with the pocket veto.
d. Congress voted to remove the line-item veto power.
e. The Supreme Court ruled the line-item veto unconstitutional.


e

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a) Visitability b) Privatization c) Public Assistance d) Indoor relief

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Which of the following factors explains the sanction of the present family law code in Morocco?

A. Moroccan political elites were not dependent on the country's conservative tribes. B. The post-colonial Moroccan leaders believed the traditional kinship groups threatened their own power. C. Most Moroccan tribal leaders wanted to maintain the existing system in which they dominated local politics. D. In Morocco, a political split occurred within the ruling elite immediately after independence. E. In Morocco, violent battles between reformists and conservatives continued long after independence, but eventually the reformists gained a decisive victory.

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