Which of the following is an example of a presidential regime?

Under the theory of __________, only the president and not Congress may give independent decision-making powers to government agencies.

A. presidential pre-emption B. the Bush Doctrine C. the Cheney Doctrine D. the unitary executive E. presidential war powers

According to the authors of the textbook, under which of the following circumstances is a major constitutional reform effort most likely to take place?

A) Voters begin to believe that the current Constitution is no longer working B) DNA evidence yields incontrovertible proof that someone who has been put to death was actually innocent of the crime they were convicted of C) The court system becomes so cumbersome that lawyers no longer want to practice law in Texas D) It becomes nearly impossible for the legislature to balance the budget E) Legislators become frustrated with the difficulty of passing important legislation