The courts exercise considerable discretion in interpreting regulatory legislation because
A) Congress often passes vague and even contradictory legislation.
B) Congress has granted them a broad mandate to interpret legislation.
C) the executive has granted them a broad mandate to interpret legislation.
D) most laws include a section stating that unclear passages should be decided by the courts.
E) Congress and the executive branch use the regulations to attack each other.
A
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a. social market b. social democratic c. Christian democratic d. extreme capitalist democracy
A kleptocracy refers to rule by ______.
A. theft B. the elite C. the wealthy D. merit
Differentiate between a political issue and the policy agenda.
A. A political issue arises when people disagree about how to fix a problem. The policy agenda contains the issues that attract the most attention from the politicians and the people at a specific point in time. B. A political issue is an issue of a magazine or newspaper that deals exclusively with politics. A policy agenda is the list of political topics a news company is going to discuss that day. C. A political issue is created by the media to be a talking point for candidates on a campaign. The policy agenda is what the representatives actively work on one elected. D. A political issue is something that politicians discuss during debates. A policy agenda is determined by the leaders of the military. E. Policy agenda is simply another way of saying political issue.
Shays's Rebellion came about because
a. the federal government was imposing unfair taxes on farmers. b. the tariffs on trade between states were becoming too steep. c. laborers felt they were not being paid well enough. d. Massachusetts was taxing its citizens too heavily. e. Parliament imposed new taxes without the colonists' consent.