The Constitution was designed to purposefully give more power to the executive branch and less power to the legislative and judicial branches

President Obama’s executive orders

a. simply filled in policy gaps missing in congressional legislation. b. have declined since the Democratic Party maintains control of both chambers of Congress. c. have had little impact since they address largely symbolic issues. d. have created political tension because he has addressed controversial issues such as immigration and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

A weak state is a state that ______.

A. is generally capable of providing adequate political goods to its citizens B. only partially provides adequate political goods to its citizens C. is so weak that it loses effective sovereignty over part or all of its territory D. is not able to secure its borders