A government decree that a person is guilty of a crime, rendered without benefit of a trial, is known as __________.

The ________ serves as a liaison between the president and Congress and helps develop the strategy used to promote passage of the president's legislative agenda

A) Secretary of State B) National Security Advisor C) White House Office of Legislative Affairs D) White House Chief of Staff E) White House Press Secretary

In response to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold Act), the United States Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), ruled that

a. limits cannot be placed upon candidates' contributions to their own campaigns b. independent campaign expenditures by corporations and unions are protected by the First Amendment c. limits on issue advertisements 90 days before an election are unconstitutional d. limits on campaign contributions by minors are constitutional under the First Amendment e. requiring endorsement statements in campaign advertisements is unconstitutional