Politicians have a difficult time running formal bureaucratic agencies because __________
A) the agencies can be too large and too routinized to easily control
B) only lower-level career officials owe loyalty to the politicians
C) the power of agencies is based on their proximity to the president
D) they are in their positions longer than high-level bureaucrats
Answer: A
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a. Many feared that slavery would splinter the convention and doom the Union. b. No slaves or free blacks were selected to serve as delegates to the convention. c. There was little public outcry at this time against the institution of slavery. d. The wealthy elites at the convention could not see beyond their own self-interest.
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a. is listed in Article III as one of the delegated powers. b. was overturned by the president in 1950. c. allows the Court to review legislation to determine if it is constitutional. d. allows the Court to send a case back to the trial court. e. is a power that the Court has never used.
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a. moral hazard b. adverse selection c. rationality d. blindness in truth
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a. the individual, and not simply a member of a militia. b. individuals who are members of a militia. c. individuals who are members of militia and police forces. d. individuals over the age of 21.