Under the Constitution, the president is elected by which of the following?
a. King Caucus
b. People's Plebiscite
c. Electoral College
d. direct popular election
Answer: c
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How would the Founders of the United States be likely to feel about these issues? What will be an ideal response?
An ethics audit involves concentrating on what organizational members do, not what they say they do
a. True b. False
Those that take a Hobbesian vision of the future that results from diffusion of power might expect which of the following outcomes?
a. Technology will encourage economic development and make authoritarian regimes less tenable. b. Citizens may sacrifice democratic liberties in favor of autocratic governments that provide basic personal security. c. Governments will give up sovereign power, through democratic processes, and encourage the growth of supranational authorities. d. Transnational communications create much more awareness of what is going on in other parts of the globe, and thus groups will be better able to organize on a global basis. e. Governments themselves will break down without leaving an acceptable authority, leaving behind a destructive anarchy.
After Congress passes a bill, it goes to the president for signature. If the president generally approves of the bill but not all of it, what tool has the president had since the year 1996 to fix the situation?
a. Line-item veto b. Amendatory veto c. Reduction veto d. Full veto