Presidents Have Found the Regulatory Review Process Useful as a Means

question 63

Multiple Choice

Presidents have found the regulatory review process useful as a means of gaining power over domestic policy influence because:

• A) the ability to strike down or alter a regulation gives their executive orders real teeth.
• B) they can, in effect, rewrite congressional law through this process and the use of executive orders.
• C) congressional law is often notable more for laying out broad goals than listing details, thus giving administrative agencies leeway in working out how to meet the goals.
• D) public appeals and executive orders can only take a president so far.

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