Which of the following best explains the president's removal powers?
a. The president has the power to remove executive officials, but this power does not extend to independent regulatory commissions.
b. The president has the power to remove any federal employee.
c. The president has the power to remove independent regulatory commission officials but not other executive officials.
d. The president has the power to remove members of the executive and judicial branches.
e. The president has the power to remove executive officials, including officials at independent regulatory commissions.
A
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a. interpreting the commerce clause of the Constitution very broadly b. interpreting the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution very broadly c. outlawing slavery in the territories d. interpreting the federal police power very broadly e. establishing that the states did not have the power to secede from the union
Historically, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was organized in a corporatist fashion in which the interests of certain social groups were represented through national organizations. Which of the following was NOT a group that was represented in the party's structure?
a. Labor b. Peasants c. The Catholic Church d. Public employees e. Small business owners
What describes Franklin D. Roosevelt's actions when he ordered the nation's banks to close temporarily during the Great Depression?
a. He was exercising his power of executive agreement. b. He was acting independently and was going beyond the constitutional powers of the presidency. c. He was working within the powers granted to him by the Constitution. d. He was following the powers granted by Congress on crisis management.
The number of persons held in jail or prison for every 100,000 persons in a particular population group is known as the
A. prison rate. B. imprisonment numbers. C. capacity figures. D. incarceration rate. E. recidivism rate.