In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that
A) Richard Nixon could not be sued in civil court for offenses that occurred before the president took office.
B) executive privilege would not protect Richard Nixon's attempt to withhold tapes of White House conversations.
C) congressional approval must be granted before presidents make use of executive privilege.
D) the president is immune from criminal prosecution except for impeachable crimes.
E) members of the Secret Service cannot be required to testify against the president.
B
You might also like to view...
A “big tent” party is one that
a. adopts viewpoints from many different political ideologies. b. appeals to a broad array of voters who do not identify with either of the two major parties. c. covers a wide range of different and sometimes even conflicting viewpoints. d. is a political system’s largest. e. keeps its members of the party in government strictly in agreement with its platform.
Government subsidies to small and large farmers are designed in large part to
A. promote farm conservation so as to preserve the productive capacity of U.S. agriculture. B. increase tax revenue levied on farm production and exports. C. stabilize farm income, which would otherwise fluctuate greatly due to market and weather conditions. D. encourage urban development. E. encourage rural development.
Which of the following is NOT an argument against adding the initiative process to the Texas Constitution?
A) Provisions in the current state constitution often reflect narrow interests. B) Not many Texans take part in special elections where constitutional amendments are submitted. C) Texans pay little attention to the actions of elected officials now. D) Voters are already ill informed about politics and public policy. E) The initiative process reduces the power of a legislature and moves policy deliberations into an often hostile public arena.
What did the Framers who favored ratification of the Constitution call themselves?
a. Democrats b. Antifederalists c. Republicans d. Federalists