The most important on-going role of the vice president is to ______.
a. preside over, and break tie votes in, the Senate
b. oversee the White House staff
c. be there to take over if the president becomes incapacitated
d. serve as legislative liaison for the president
e. act as president of the House of Representatives
c. be there to take over if the president becomes incapacitated
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The _____ requires government agents to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court before subjecting U.S. citizens to electronic surveillance for the purpose of gathering foreign intelligence
a. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act b. USA Patriot Act c. The War Powers Act d. All of the above are true.
What does the U.S. Constitution say about the choosing of candidates or the process by which individuals become candidates for president?
A) The constitution restricts the number of political parties that can be active in an election. B) The constitution requires that an individual file as a candidate for president at least two years before the election. C) Beyond eligibility requirements, the constitution says nothing about the process by which individuals become candidates. D) The constitution sets high filing fees for the office of president in order to keep the field of candidates at a moderate level. E) The constitution requires that political parties hold their presidential primary elections in the same year as the general election.
The idea that elimination of antisocial attitudes can most effectively be accomplished when the individual is not separated from society is the basis of
a. prison sentences. b. corporal punishment. c. recidivism. d. parole rehabilitation. e. deterrence.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis referred to local governments in the U.S. federal system as ______.
A. laboratories for social experimentation B. non-sovereign states C. the locus of governmental power D. the last bastion of governmental power