What can Congress do to influence foreign and defense policy if it is not satisfied with the president's handling of these policies?
a. Congress can fire ambassadors who are not executing foreign policy according to Congress's wishes.
b. Congress can reduce appropriations for executing the president's foreign and defense policies.
c. Congress can command the military to execute foreign policy according to Congress's wishes.
d. Congress can change foreign policy with a joint declaration of two-thirds of each chamber, which does not require the president's signature.
b
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The federal bureaucracy performs three key governmental functions:
a. implementation, administration, and facilitation. b. administration, facilitation, and regimentation. c. regulation, regimentation, and administration. d. interpret law, regulate the economy, provide checks on the Congress. e. regulation, administration, and implementation.
In standing by precedent, a judge relies on which of the following principles?
a. stare decisis b. amicus curiae c. judicial activism d. laissez-faire
Which primary system was struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in California Democratic Party v. Jones?
a. Blanket primary b. Closed primary c. Top-two primary d. Semi-open primary
Originalism is the theory of constitutional interpretation, which holds that
a. appellate judges should begin with the assumption that the original finding in a case was correct. b. the original Constitution carries more weight than its amendments. c. judges should look at the Constitution as an ever-changing document that shifts to meet new circumstances and norms. d. cases should be decided by the letter of the law rather than by the spirit in which the law was established. e. judges should look to how the Constitution was understood by those who wrote and ratified it.