According to the text, the most important check on presidential war power is
A) ?the Supreme Court.
B) ?the State Department.
C) ?the governors.
D) ?the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
E) ?the control of Congress over the purse strings.
E
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a. non-state actors can then inflict enormous damage on sovereign states. b. they have property, people, and values they wish to protect. c. the use of force by sovereign states is illegitimate. d. peacekeeping forces will intervene to stop the conflict.
The U.S. Supreme Court made most of the individual rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights also applicable to the states by a process called ________
A) the exclusionary rule B) prior restraint C) preemption D) incorporation E) indoctrination
The U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment prohibition of double jeopardy means:
a. every party has the right to a jury trial b. the losing party has the right to one appeal c. a prosecutor cannot appeal a verdict of not guilty d. a defendant is innocent until proven guilty e. defendants have a right to counsel
Under which condition could a governor most convincingly claim he or she has a popular mandate?
a. when there is a vacancy in the lieutenant governor’s office b. upon defeating an incumbent governor in a close contest c. when the legislature is out of session d. when being of the same political party as the legislature e. after winning office with a large margin of victory