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During the year 2003, decisions were made in the Bush White House to send troops to Iraq to take out Saddam Hussein. This decision to commit to military intervention is an exercise of the president’s role as…

Civil rights protections involve government guarantees against arbitrary abuses of power on the basis of …

Bureaucracy may challenge the president’s policies and make it harder for those policies to be implemented. Why might this happen?

Juan is a 36-year old Cuban-American who, though he was born in Cuba, became a citizen of the United States at the age of 18. He has lived in the US for nearly all of his 36 years. He has been active in politics n his adopted state of Florida, successfully winning a seat on the Miami City Council, then moving up to the state legislature. His dream is to become president of the United States. Is it possible for Juan to realize his dream?

The likely best partisan arrangement between Congress and the President that would enable the President to successfully press his legislative agenda is…

Most civil rights laws in the United States have been written with a view toward guaranteeing that individuals have an ________ to compete and succeed in life. 

My right to sue my employer for denying me a promotion because I am Native American is protected by the…

The words Robinson used in describing Richard Cory gave the effect of a 

A president may choose to go public to convince Congress to pass a piece of his priority legislation. Under what conditions is this most likely to help him get this legislation passed?

On his way to winning re-election in 2012, Barack Obama picked up 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney’s 206 electoral votes. This means that President Obama won how many more electoral votes than the minimum necessary to win the White House?