Consider the "How Do We Know?" box. Why is it difficult to determine whether the federal bureaucracy deserves credit for preventing another 9/11?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe the policy reforms initiated following 9/11, including the reorganization of the federal bureaucracy so that various intelligence and law enforcement agencies would be better coordinated and engage in greater intelligence information sharing.
2, Note that since 9/11, the U.S. government has successfully thwarted several high-profile terrorist plots.
3, Explain at least two challenges in determining whether the federal bureaucracy deserves credit for preventing subsequent terrorist attacks, including the difficulty of separating the policies created by Congress and the president from their implementation by the bureaucracy and the difficulty of determining the size of the terrorist threat.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In _____, the Court allowed Congress to use federal highway grants to the states as a means of persuading the states to raise their legal drinking age to 21
a. New York v. United States (1946) b. United States v. County of Fresno (1977) c. Massachusetts v. United States (1978) d. South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Lobbyist perform the following task, except ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Constitution explicitly grants the presidency all of the following powers EXCEPT
A. the right to create new laws. B. the power to negotiate foreign treaties. C. the ability to appoint ambassadors. D. the position of commander in chief of the armed forces. E. the right to veto legislation.