Which of the following opportunities puts executive administrators "through the wringer" about programs and expenditures?
A. the legislative oversight function
B. the Legislative Bureaucratic Act
C. the separation of powers clause
D. legislative fiscal responsibility
ANSWER: A
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A) executive; economic; legislative B) legislative; executive; judicial C) judicial; legislative; military D) executive; federal; legislative E) judicial; domestic; foreign
What are two possible approaches discussed in the text that Congress may use to oversee the bureaucracy?
A. Police patrol and fire alarm B. Iron triangle and issue network C. Spoils system and merit system D. Enabling legislation and sunset legislation E. Executive agency and government corporation
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. A preventive war occurs when war is imminent. 2. The United Nations’ Security Council can been seen as a classical balance-of-power mechanism attached to a larger collective security framework that, in turn, evolved from the League of Nations, itself created in response to failures of the old European balance-of-power system. 3. The 1991 Persian Gulf War demonstrated that UN collective security efforts are possible, at least in cases of clear-cut interstate aggression where major powers contribute the necessary resources. 4. Adjudication in international law is done by states, not by individuals. 5. On the spectrum of intervention, the U.S. action against Libya in the 1980s for its support of terrorism is considered “limited military action.”
Based on the principle of "invidious discrimination," in order for the Supreme Court to declare discriminatory practices unconstitutional, the Court must decide that the practices
A. have no rational basis. B. are deliberately discriminatory. C. privilege one group over another. D. lack the support of the community. E. reinforce existing racial, ethnic, or sexual hierarchies.