Many observers have concluded that impeachment is not an effective check on presidents because ______.
a. it is too easy for presidents to rally public opinion against the process
b. members of Congress will not use the process
c. the Supreme Court would probably overturn a president’s conviction
d. the process is too crippling for the government because Congress and the president would be consumed with the impeachment and trial
e. presidents are never likely to commit an impeachable offense
d. the process is too crippling for the government because Congress and the president would be consumed with the impeachment and trial
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One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is conflict, meaning the tendency of agencies to
A. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs. B. work at cross purposes with one another. C. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service. D. generate complex and sometimes overlapping rules. E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.
Unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise, Americans interpret political phenomena ______.
A. without regard for party identity B. the way that the media tell them to C. based mainly on the objective facts D. in ways that favor their preferred party