Which of the Following Statements About Signing Statements Is Most

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about signing statements is most accurate?

• A) The Constitution requires that the president explain his interpretation of every law he signs by issuing a signing statement.
• B) Although signing statements were commonly used prior to 1900, no modern president has issued them when signing a piece of legislation into law.
• C) Signing statements never instruct executive agencies whether to implement sections of a new law and never interpret ambiguous provisions of the law.
• D) While presidents have made signing statements throughout American history, they have only recently been recorded and made part of the official legislative record.
• E) Signing statements were invented during the Reagan administration as a way for the president to circumvent the federal court system.

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Definitions:

Decibels

A unit of measurement for the intensity of sound, reflecting the relative loudness of sounds as perceived by the human ear.

Synesthesia

A condition in which one sense is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses, such as when seeing sound as colors.

Distal Stimulation

The occurrence of stimuli in the external environment that interact with our sensory organs, leading to perception.

Sensation

How our sensory receptors and nervous system take in and depict energies coming from stimuli in our surroundings.