All of the following statements concerning president’s judicial power are true EXCEPT ______.
a. their power is very weak in the short run
b. they can have a tremendous long-term impact on the judiciary
c. senior senators of the president’s party have a great deal of power over all of the president’s judicial appointments
d. presidents can try to influence the judiciary by having the solicitor general argue cases before the court
c. senior senators of the president’s party have a great deal of power over all of the president’s judicial appointments
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1 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court:
a. is designed to protect foreign intelligence agents b. issues warrants for electronic eavesdropping c. works in public d. has only permanent judges
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