Police powers refer to the
a. powers held by U.S. states to regulate public safety, health and welfare.
b. ability of the national government to enforce federal criminal codes within state boundaries.
c. ability for individuals to make "citizens' arrests."
d. ability of Congress to declare martial law.
e. power of the federal government over state militias.
a
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A) random sampling. B) ?high confidence intervals. C) scientific polling. D) question wording. E) exit polling.
Rules can be thought of as the "how" in the definition "who gets what and how." They are directives that determine how resources are allocated, and they determine how we try to get the things we want.
a. true b. false
The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.
A. 5 million B. 10 million C. 1 million D. 700,000 E. 2.5 million
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 ______.
A. was a preemptive move by President Bush's administration to counter the threat of global terrorism B. was the most far-reaching government reorganization in fifty years as it now involves more than 182,000 employees and budgets totaling more than $84 billion C. consolidated the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency into a single department to improve coordination D. was rolled back by the passage of the Patriot Act that gave the President unlimited authority to act as commander in chief so long as the threat of global terrorism existed