A senior staff person in the Department of Justice who plays a key role in determining which cases to appeal and how to shape appellate arguments is called

Which of the following could be considered a cost of an international alliance?

A)Alliances automatically lead to attempts at world hegemony, which destabilizes international relations. B)Alliances create well-defined protocols that rationalize and strengthen diplomacy, making states outside those alliances suspicious. C)Alliances tend to spur counteralliances, which increases international tension and leads to more conflict. D)Alliances complicate the ability of states to share information with one another, which increases the chances of misperception and conflict.

A president's popularity has no effect on how much of his program is passed by Congress.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)