AP US Government : Relationships Between Federal Institutions
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Example Question #21 : Institutional Relationships
What role does Congress have in regards to the bureaucracy?
All of these
It creates the bureaucracy with legislation
It can restrict or expand the existing bureaucracy through legislation
It controls the funding
It creates the bureaucracy with legislation
All of the answers are correct. Congress maintains significant indirect control over the bureaucracy through all of these ways. Congress, in this fashion, generally responds reactively to the bureaucracy. In other words, if something bad happens, Congress can respond in any number of ways—eliminating the offending bureaucracy, denying funding, etc.
Example Question #22 : Institutional Relationships
Which individual bears the honor of being the only man to ever serve as both President of the United States and a Supreme Court Justice?
Franklin Pierce
James Madison
William Taft
Martin van Buren
William Taft
William Howard Taft bears the distinction of being the only man in American history to have served as both President and a Supreme Court justice. A protégé and one-time political ally of Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican Taft was elected to the White House in 1909 but left after a single term following a crushing loss to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. (This loss was helped along by Roosevelt, who ran as a third party candidate against Taft after the two men had a terrible argument and broke off their political partnership and personal friendship.) Curiously enough, however, Taft had never really desired the Presidency –a naturally quiet and even shy individual, he had instead always dreamed of serving on the Supreme Court. The former President achieved his personal goal in 1921, when he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court justice by then-President Harding – a rise beyond Taft’s wildest imaginings. As Chief Justice, Taft served with distinction until his death in 1930.
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