The process through which the political and policy preferences of individual justices shape their votes on cases rather than a neutral weighing of the facts and the law is described as the ______.
a. strategic model
b. classical model
c. legal model
d. attitudinal model
d. attitudinal model
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Describe the development of the national security directive as a tool of policy change for presidents, and assess its effects on presidential power. Provide specific examples
What will be an ideal response?
The impact of the deregulation of broadcast journalism by the 1996 Telecommunications Act has been to ______.
a. increase competition in the news media b. increase the quality of news coverage c. free the Internet from unnecessary restrictions d. increase newspaper circulation e. increase the possibilities of media monopoly
How did the Cold War get started?
a. It began after World War II when there was a shortage of coal and heating fuel in Europe. b. It started when the United States established the Truman Doctrine at the end of World War II, which left Eastern European countries "in the cold" by declaring that they would have to defend themselves without U.S. help. c. It began after all of Eastern Europe fell under Soviet domination at the end of World War II, which prompted fears that the Soviets would spread communism around the globe. d. It started when the Truman Doctrine froze all military alliances into their pre-World War II configurations.
The Constitution gives the president all of the following powers EXCEPT the ability to
a. act as commander-in-chief. b. grant pardons. c. make treaties. d. make major appointments such as judges, ambassadors, and the cabinet. e. issue decrees.