Which of the following best describes signing statements?
A. They are provided to the Supreme Court for all cases that involve the federal government.
B. They are used in place of the pocket veto and may be presented to either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
C. They accompany legislation and allow the president to point out sections of the law the president sees as unconstitutional.
D. They are the official forms designating approval of the submitted budget.
E. They are copies of the final legislation provided to the individual states.
Answer: C
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The national parties continue to be strong forces in the legislative process because
A. they control the nomination of House and Senate candidates. B. they provide most of the funding for House and Senate campaigns. C. they determine who will get prime office space in the Capitol buildings. D. party leaders can help rank-and-file members get on preferred committees and climb the leadership ladder. E. they often write and initiate proposed legislation.
One reason that public policy often differs from public opinion is that
A. the U.S. Constitution places many checks on the influence of public opinion. B. public opinion polling tends to express the opinions of a political elite. C. public opinion is easy to gauge, whereas the effectiveness of public policy is not. D. public opinion tends to change much more slowly than public policy. E. public opinion is rarely informed at the beginning of the policymaking process.
Which of the following Supreme Court justices were known to advocate the "absolute" position regarding freedom of expression?
A) Felix Frankfurter and Robert Jackson B) Earl Warren and Warren Burger C) Hugo Black and William Douglas D) William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia E) Thomas Burns and Chester Arthus
California contributes more in taxes to the national government than it gets back in federal spending
Indicate whether the statement is true or false