Executive Departments and Independent Agencies

Which of the following led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?

How did the Founding Fathers allow each president the freedom to assemble a good administration?

How does the president limit the legislative powers of Congress?

How does the president limit the judicial powers of the courts?

The president's power to delay the carrying out of a sentence is known as what?

How many terms can a president serve according to the Constitution?

Which scenario best illustrates how the power to make treaties in the United States Constitution provides for checks and balances among the three branches of government?

No president has ever suggested eliminating the cabinet. However, several presidents have leaned on other, unofficial advisory groups and sometimes depended upon them more heavily than on the cabinet. Andrew Jackson began the practice when he became president in 1829. Several of his close friends often met with him in the kitchen at the White House and, inevitably, came to be known as the Kitchen Cabinet. Which of the following generalizations about the role of the cabinet does this excerpt support?

Why are independent regulatory commissions considered quasi-legislative?

Which of the following is the most significant advantage of government corporations?