Recess appointments are used for which of the following?
a. to stand in for a senator when he or she is on vacation
b. to circumvent congressional opposition to an appointment
c. to circumvent political opposition from the president
d. to limit conflict between the president and agency heads
e. to limit conflict between the president and cabinet secretaries
b
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a. Elena Kagan b. Sandra Day O'Connor c. Ruth Bader Ginsberg d. Sonia Sotomayor e. Georgia Bullock
Which of the following is a frequent criticism of the State Department?
A) It has usurped too much power over foreign affairs from the president. B) It is slow and inefficient. C) Its policies are too often influenced by the United States business community. D) It moves too quickly without giving a problem the scrutiny that it deserves. E) None of the above.
__________ is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential vice president in history
A) Al Gore B)John Adams C) John Nance Garner D) Dick Cheney
Overly aggressive police officers extracting confessions from an individual is a violation of which constitutional amendment?
A) Fourth Amendment B) Fifth Amendment C) Sixth Amendment D) Eighth Amendment