Congress uses a variety of methods to keep its bureaucratic agents in line, including ______.
A. firing the head of independent agencies and regulatory commissions whenever Congress disagrees with them politically
B. recall petitions, public referenda, and other grassroots approaches
C. executive vetoes
D. legislative vetoes, hearings and investigations, and mandatory reporting
Answer: D
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Supreme Court justices were given tenure subject to good behavior by the framers of the Constitution in order to ensure that
A. justices are free from direct political pressures B. justices remain accountable to the public C. justices are encouraged to make politically popular decisions D. cooperation between the judicial and legislative branches is assured E. Presidents are encouraged to seek younger nominees for the Supreme Court
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Although racially mixed people are often assigned the status of the parent group with the lowest status, they are sometimes regarded differently. According to F. James Davis, in which ways are mixed race people perceived differently across cultures?
A. Some cultures assign a status between those of the parent groups. B. Some cultures assign a lower status than that of either parent group. C. Some cultures assign a higher status than that of either parent group. D. Some cultures assign a unique official status to each mixed race individual.