The Cabinet consists of
A) heads of departments in the executive branch.
B) White House staffers whose primary function is to advise the president.
C) ranking committee members of the president's party in Congress.
D) the congressional leadership of the president's party.
E) the national leadership of the president's party.
A
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A. Execution Clause B. Implied Powers Clause C. Optional Powers Clause D. Foregoing Powers Clause
In an episode that became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre," President Nixon fired Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Assistant Attorney General William Ruckelshaus, both of whom refused to follow the President's order to dismiss Watergate special prosecutor _____
a. Robert H. Bork b. William H. Rehnquist c. Fred Dalton Thompson d. Archibald Cox
What does double jeopardy mean?
A) A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime in either state or federal court. B) A person cannot be tried in both civil and criminal court for the same crime. C) A person cannot be tried in both state and federal court for the same crime. D) A person cannot be tried twice in one year for multiple crimes. E) A person cannot be tried twice in one state for any crime.
Which foreign policy characterized the U.S. government from the Revolutionary War into the twentieth century?
a. Isolationism b. Liberal internationalism c. Containment d. Manifest destiny