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2.15 Policy and the Branches of Government

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Question 1

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Voters object that an agency's implementation departs from the goals enacted by elected officials. Which response most directly strengthens electoral accountability while preserving a professional civil service?

Internal, professional, judicial, and audit controls can improve administration, but electoral accountability runs through officials chosen by voters. Legislative direction and oversight together with executive supervision connect agency performance most directly to those elected principals.
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D. Congress clarifies statutory objectives and uses oversight and funding controls, while the president supervises lawful execution

Internal, professional, judicial, and audit controls can improve administration, but electoral accountability runs through officials chosen by voters. Legislative direction and oversight together with executive supervision connect agency performance most directly to those elected principals.

Question 2

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Which explanation best accounts for the long-run expansion of federal administrative responsibilities?

Federal administration grew as elected officials assigned the national government more work in response to industrialization, crises, public expectations, and new policy commitments. Agencies still require legal authority and resources. Growth is not automatic, uniform across presidents, or reducible to the number of career employees because grants, contracts, and state-administered federal programs also carry out national policy.
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A. Public demands, crises, economic change, and new federal programs gave agencies additional continuing duties

Federal administration grew as elected officials assigned the national government more work in response to industrialization, crises, public expectations, and new policy commitments. Agencies still require legal authority and resources. Growth is not automatic, uniform across presidents, or reducible to the number of career employees because grants, contracts, and state-administered federal programs also carry out national policy.

Question 3

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A federal court holds that an agency used the wrong legal standard and remands for a new decision rather than choosing the policy outcome itself. What principle is reflected?

Judicial review requires agencies to use the proper law while respecting the policymaking role assigned to the agency. Remand does not validate the earlier interpretation, bar review of legal questions, transfer policy choice to the court, or make the dispute nonjusticiable.
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B. Courts review legality while the agency retains its primary policymaking role

Judicial review requires agencies to use the proper law while respecting the policymaking role assigned to the agency. Remand does not validate the earlier interpretation, bar review of legal questions, transfer policy choice to the court, or make the dispute nonjusticiable.

Question 4

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A court invalidates agency action because the agency ignored important evidence and gave no reasoned explanation. Which control is illustrated?

Judicial review allows a court to require an agency to remain within law and use reasoned decision-making. Hearings, presidential supervision, and public comments are distinct accountability mechanisms.
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C. Judicial review of administrative action

Judicial review allows a court to require an agency to remain within law and use reasoned decision-making. Hearings, presidential supervision, and public comments are distinct accountability mechanisms.

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