Which of the following is true of how presidents have exercised their veto power?
a. Harry Truman had the fewest vetoes overridden.
b. Franklin Roosevelt exercised his veto power more than any other president.
c. Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson had the lowest percentage of vetoes sustained.
d. Ronald Reagan had more vetoes overridden than Gerald Ford. Despite the short time he was in office, Ford saw his vetoes overridden 12 times compared to nine times under Reagan.
b
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Proponents of which of the following believe that it is appropriate for judges to make bold policy decisions when doing so is necessary to address pressing societal needs?
a. judicial restraint b. strict constructionism c. judicial activism d. originalism
In many countries entrepreneurs and other business leaders, eager to protect their property rights and ensure the dispassionate enforcement of contracts, had pushed for _____. This contributed to a wave of democratic revolutions during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
A. state ownership of productive resources B. regulated markets C. democratic reforms D. planned economies
Most campaign coverage can be considered _____________ rather than ____________.
A. horse-race coverage; in-depth B. in-depth; shallow C. fast; slow D. slow; fast
Real financial power moved from the states to the national government by virtue of a. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), which gave the federal government the power to establish a bank. b. Baker v. Carr (1962), which established the Federal Reserve System. c. Brown v. Rhode Island (1820), which allowed the United States to establish a national bank modeled afterthe Bank of England
d. the Sixteenth Amendment, which gave Congress power to tax personal and corporate incomes.