Among the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court, which receives the most attention from the press? Which receives the least? What accounts for these differences?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the president gets the most attention and the Supreme Court tends to receive the least attention.
2. Discuss how the difference in media attention is in part shaped by the fact that the president is a single person who is easy to cover, while Congress is decentralized.
3. Note that the Supreme Court receives less attention in part because the Court, in an effort to protect the perception of political neutrality, prevents television coverage. Another reason the Supreme Court receives less coverage is simply that the public is less interested in the legal intricacies.
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a. The United States has refused to intervene in the Middle East unless there is a clear threat to America's national security, while proclaiming that it is actively assisting Middle Eastern countries in building democracies and fighting terrorists. b. America has supported repressive regimes in the Middle East to maintain positive diplomatic relations and gain assistance in fighting terrorism, while voicing support for the development of democracy around the world. c. President Obama has refused to provide aid for any NATO airstrikes against repressive regimes in the Middle East, even though he had previously promised NATO that he would back any action taken there. d. The United States has favored military power over diplomacy in the Middle East in order to gain access to oil, while proclaiming it favors world peace. e. President Bush invaded Afghanistan in retaliation for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, while proclaiming in the Bush Doctrine that the United States would never strike preemptively or act without the support of its allies.
Nuclear proliferation refers to the
A) dismantling of nuclear weapons by the United States and Soviet Union. B) diplomacy used between countries that have nuclear weapons. C) creation of huge nuclear arsenals during the Cold War by the United States and Soviet Union. D) development of nuclear weapons by countries other than the United States. E) failure to determine an accurate number of nuclear warheads per nation.
Which of the following can create administrative agencies?
a. The U.S. Congress c. City governments b. State legislatures d. All of the above can create administrative agencies.
What is partial preemption?
a. the decision of an individual to divulge details about the behavior of other members of his or her organization who might be in violation of the law b. the decision by a higher level of government that, if a lower government does not meet predetermined standards, then the higher level of government will step in and administer that program itself c. punishments incurred by a program that were caused by failures to meet another program’s standards d. refusal by the president to spend money appropriated by Congress