In the Nixon Tapes Case of 1974 (United States v. Nixon) the Supreme Court ruled in effect that

a. the President's claim of executive privilege as a justification for withholding subpoenaed information from the grand jury and special prosecutor violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
b. the President's claim of executive privilege can never be used as a basis for refusing to provide information requested by a grand jury.
c. the President, like other Watergate coconspirators, should have been indicted before the tapes were subpoenaed.
d. any presidential assertion of executive privilege must prevail over ordinary considerations of the criminal process.

A

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The greatest difficulty in using the label "the Global South" to classify countries is

a. the absence of other categories. b. the great diversity of countries in that category. c. the favorable bias implied by the label. d. that so few countries fit the criteria for that category. e. distinguishing those countries in the category from those that are excluded from it.

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When President George W. Bush recognized the independence of Kosovo, he was exercising the power of the president to

A) ?join a league of nations. B) uphold international law. C) solely establish foreign policy. D) serve as commander in chief. E) ?recognize the legitimacy of foreign regimes.

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