The constitutional basis for the ability of the national government to encourage states to adopt certain policies is
a. the national rights clause.
b. Article I, section 8.
c. the elastic clause.
d. the general welfare clause.
e. the supremacy clause.
d
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Which of the following powers are shared between national and state governments?_
A. making treaties B. establishing post offices C. admitting new states D. establishing courts
The state secrets privilege
A. was not considered a presidential right by President Obama, leading to an unprecedented release of executive branch documents. B. cannot be used to dismiss claims by those who say they have been harmed by government action. C. is usually respected by the courts. D. can be used to keep information from the public, but not from other branches of government. E. was not invoked by President Obama, despite its potential use to deflect lawsuits against the government.
President Thomas Jefferson wanted _____ to be a "wall of separation between church and state."
A. the supremacy clause of Article VI B. the reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment C. the establishment clause of the First Amendment D. the preferred-position doctrine E. the Supreme Court
Federal programs, such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which pay out benefits to individuals based on specified set of eligibility criteria, are known as
A) entitlement programs. B) political perks. C) executive orders. D) signing statements. E) pork barrel politics.