A lawyer's spoken presentation to the Court of the legal reasons why his or her client should win is called the __________

Which must approve all borrowing by the federal government?

a. a majority of the states b. Treasury Department c. Congress d. Federal Reserve Bank

The two imperatives that structured the creation of the American presidency at the Constitutional Convention were a deep distrust of __________ and the __________

A)concentrated power; need for effective, energetic governance B)federal systems of power; need for laissez-faire governance C)indirect election of executive officials; desire for parliamentary style governance D)majority rule; need for deliberative, slow governance