The Trouble with Trying to Infer the Distribution of Political

question 79

Multiple Choice

 The trouble with trying to infer the distribution of political power from examining the laws on the books is that 

• A) laws may be enacted in a great variety of circumstances. 
• B) laws are made to be broken. 
• C) legislative codes may be so obscure as to defy anyone's comprehension. 
• D) many congressional enactments never get recorded at all. 
• E) the judicial branch is rarely independent from the legislative branch.

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