Which statement best characterizes the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co vSawyer case?
A)In theory,the decision essentially mandated that all presidential actions be subject to judicial review, but in practice, the courts have rarely held presidents accountable for the constitutionality of their actions.
B)In theory, the decision essentially demarcated the space where presidential actions were subject to judicial review, but in practice, the courts have deferred to executive branch interpretations.
C)In theory, the decision essentially demarcated the space where presidential actions were not subject to judicial review, but in practice, the courts have deferred to legislative branch interpretations of what that space constituted.
D)In theory, the decision essentially established the nature of a political question, but in practice, the courts have generally preferred to let political questions be sorted out by the other two branches of government.
B
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following is a major concern surrounding current congressional-presidential relations?
a. Presidents are delegating too many constitutional powers to Congress. b. The principle of the separation of powers is eroding in favor of expanded congressional power. c. The principle of the separation of powers is eroding in favor of expanded presidential power. d. Congress is overriding presidential vetoes too easily, effectively ending the Madisonian system of checks and balances. e. Congressional oversight over the bureaucracy is making it impossible for presidents to carry out executive functions.
Although the proportion of people who say they trust the government in Washington to do the right thing has steadily declined since the 1950s, it should be remembered that
A. surveys on this particularly topic are notoriously unreliable. B. the numbers were even lower in the 1920s. C. more was expected of the government in the 1950s. D. they are talking about government officials, not the system of government. E. the proportion of people who trusted the government was never very high.
A critic of television is most likely to blame sound bites for __________
a. trivializing politics b. corrupting elected officials c. spreading false information d. polarizing the political parties