Regulatory commissions are usually run with an odd number of commissioners
A) to facilitate rotation in office.
B) to prevent tie votes.
C) by longstanding tradition dating back to the Middle Ages.
D) to prevent any area of the country from being overrepresented.
E) after the passage of the 1961 Bureaucratic Improvement Act.
B
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A. the Affordable Care Act B. the USA PATRIOT Act C. the Social Security Act D. the Religious Exercise Act
Which ethnic group has received compensation or reparations for discriminatory actions undertaken against it by the U.S. government?
A) Mexican-Americans whose land was seized after the Mexican-American war. B) African-Americans for the government sanctioning of slavery. C) Japanese Americans for their internment in relocation camps during World War II. D) Gays and lesbians for the denial of marriage and family rights. E) Vietnamese Americans whose families were harmed during the Vietnam war.
The private archival material source that allows the writer to reflect on his or her own performance while reflecting on the performance of the people with whom he or she has interacted is the_____________
A) letter B) diary C) autobiography D) blog
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. An executive agreement is a clarification of congressional policy issued by the president and having the full force of law. 2. Presidents can try to influence the judiciary by having the solicitor general argue cases before the court. 3. The solicitor general argues cases for the executive branch before the U.S. Supreme Court. 4. Inherent powers are the powers explicitly stated in the Constitution. 5. The rise of public expectations of the president dates from Franklin Roosevelt’s administration.