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When a president is elected who has a different party affiliation than the current president, the new president staffs the federal government with political supporters and allies. Which of the following does this describe?

In 1870, the Office of the Attorney General was transformed into which of the following to handle the legal business of the nation?

In what system of employment are employees chosen and promoted based on qualifications and performance?

Which of the following established the principle of open and merit-based hiring for government positions?

It is common for a president’s party to do which of the following?

A federal employee who was appointed by the president with the explicit task of carrying out the president’s political and partisan agenda would be known as which of the following?

Overall, the Supreme Court only grants about what percentage of certiorari petitions, leaving the lower court decision as final in all other cases?

Which of the following is true of a pocket veto?

The opinion of a court laying out the official position of the court is known as which of the following?

When we indicate that an employee’s implementation decisions in a bureaucracy are reviewed at ascending levels within the organization, this is describing which of the following core components of bureaucracies?